NGC 4945

NGC 4945 is a dusty, edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. Distance is approximately 11.7 million light-years. Other galaxies that can be seen are NGC 4976 (35 million LY) and NGC 4945A. Taken on a night with heavy dew and a light fog. Size: 2.18 x 1.43 deg, Pixel scale: 2 arcsec/pixel

Image Details
Camera STL-11000M
Scope AT8 IN
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding Selfguiding, 15 sec bin 2x2
Exposure LRGB60:40:30:40 total 2:50, @ -20C (subs 10mins)
Location Donvale
Date 2011-04-26
Coordinates RA: 13h 05m 32s
DEC: -49° 30' 54"
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NGC 4945

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG