@celestialarchivesau: Captured from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, using the Seestar S50, this image shows one of the closest active galaxies to Earth, sitting roughly 12 million light years away in the constellation Centaurus. Centaurus A is famous for the massive dark dust lane cutting through its bright galactic core, believed to be the result of a past galactic collision. At its centre lies a supermassive black hole estimated to be over 50 million times the mass of our Sun. This final image was created from real captured data only. 270 plus successful 30 second exposures 50 plus rejected frames Around 2 hours total integration time Processed through Siril, PixInsight, and Topaz Labs for calibration, stacking, gradient removal, noise refinement, star refinement, and contrast balancing. No artificial stars, structures, nebula detail, or fake texture were added. Only real signal extracted from the original data. A real galaxy. A real black hole. A real image from a backyard telescope. Connecting the younger generation back with the celestial archive of the universe. #CelestialArchives #CentaurusA #space #10000KFlowers

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