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Galaxy Centaurus A X-ray jet
author: Nasa/SAO/Novapix
reference: a-gax51-28004
Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 13 cm
Chandra space telescope detects a jet emanating from the NGC 5128 core and numerous point-like X-ray sources, all bathed in diffuse X-rays produced by several-million-degree gas that fills the galaxy. It is believed that most of these sources are X-ray binaries in which a neutron star or stellar-sized black hole is accreting matter from a nearby companion star. The Cen A image was created from Chandra observations taken on December 5, 1999 and May 17, 2000.
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