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Galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128)

author: ESO/Nasa/ CXC/Novapix

reference: a-gax51-28020

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 29 cm

Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the background stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour".

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ACTIVE GALAXY NUCLEUS - AGN - APEX - ASTRONOMY - BLACK HOLE - CENTAURUS - CENTAURUS A - CHANDRA - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALACTIC BLACK HOLE - GALAXY - JET - LA SILLA - MILLIMETER - MPG/ESO 2.2m - NGC 5128 - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR FORMATION - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE - X - X-RAY -