Observation by Nick James: Omega Cen and Cen group galaxies

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2018 May 17 - 20:52

Uploaded

2018 May 25 - 07:14

Objects

Omega Centauri (NGC5139)
Widefield

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Constellation

Centaurus

Field centre

RA: 13^h23^m
Dec: -46°25'
Position angle: -8°40'

Field size

5°51' × 3°56'

Equipment

Sony A7s, Megrez 72

Exposure

26x30s

Location

La Palma

Target name

Omega Cen

Title

Omega Cen and Cen group galaxies

About this image

A widefield view of the largest globular in the sky includes quite a few faint galaxies including the very strange object ESO270-017 (labelled on the full sized image) which is thought to be a fragment of the nearby dwarf elliptical NGC5237 caused by a close encounter with Centaurus A (NGC5128) about 500 million years ago. NGC5128 is just off the top of this frame.

Files associated with this observation

omegacen-baa_20180517_2152_ndj.jpg (1.6 MB)

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David Basey, John Bell, David Swan, Neil Morrison, Jeremy Shears, Steve Knight, Peter Carson, Peter Mulligan, Robert Ian Henderson

Comments

David Swan, 2018 May 25 - 15:46 UTC

This reminds me why I got into astronomy in the first place.

Nick James, 2018 May 25 - 18:11 UTC

Thanks. Omega Cen is a fantastic object but the fact that you can image the consequences of a galaxy collision 500 million years ago using a 72mm refractor is pretty amazing.

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