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Galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128)
author: ESO/Novapix
reference: a-gax51-28007
Image Size 300 DPI: 72 * 70 cm
The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object every created.The elliptical shape and the central dust band, the imprint of a galaxy collision, are well visible.
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