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.

Image Details

Camera ASI2600MM DUO

Scope AT12 IN

Mount Paramount ME

Guiding Selfguide 4 sec

Exposure LRGB 24:22:16:20 @5min exposures total 6:50 @-10C

Location Donvale

Date 2025-03-04

Coordinates RA: 13h 05m 29s
DEC: -49° 27' 46"

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Annotations Deep sky Emission Stars Grid

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