Object Information                                            Imaging Details

Centaurus A is a lenticular galaxy about 11 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. It is the fifth brightest in the sky, and is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth, The galaxy shows characteristics of a elliptical galaxy (spherical, older smaller stars), and of a spiral galaxy (dust lane, regions of active star formation)

NGC 5128 is easy to spot through a modest telescope. Observing the galaxy's details requires a reasonably large telescope.

I imaged this object at the 2010 Texas Star Party (near Fort Davis, Texas). Sky transparency was excellent, seeing was average to good.

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