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05-APR-2017

Southern Galaxy Centaurus A 2 galaxies colliding

FLI Proline 16803,Planewave CDK 17 F6.8
LRGB image 280 150 170 150 minutes on an AP1600 mount. Over 4 nights 2 of which were very windy - 35-50kmh winds and one night had sensational seeing the first night was clear after 9pm where Sydney was still suffering from the remnants of Cyclone Debbie.

This is 2 galaxies in the process of colliding and merging. You can see the blue areas which are new star formation from this collision. There is also a jet (a blue straight line) at about 2 o'clock above the galaxy. full exif


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