Here is a link to a screen shot I took from Starry Night Pro since that was up of the location of NGC 5128 as of 12:30a.m. April, 22nd, 2011. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/ArathornJax/NGC5128.jpg It shows its location really low (and when I saw iti on March 31st, it was really low) and its position in the sky from Herriman, Utah at Latitude 40" 42' N, Longitude 111 degrees 32' W. The farther south (like you Debbie) the higher up it should be and the better opportunity. My observation was actually pretty good for so low. Jay On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
I say it on March 31st, 2011, in a Zhumell Z-12 (solid tube 12 inch dob) at Pit n Pole. My friend Shahid found it and I took a look to confirm it. Sure enough he had it.
Jay
On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com>wrote:
Centaurus A is the radio source designation. NGC 5128 is correct for the optical galaxy itself. I have seen it from Cedar City, decades ago.
On 4/21/11, Debbie <astrodeb@beyondbb.com> wrote:
Has anybody observed Centaurus A in Utah? I attempted it last summer but it was too low for the dobsonian telescope. I may give it a try with my refractor and equatorial mount. I got the idea when my friend's Goto mount was pointing the scope in the dirt last fall.
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