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      Centaurus A
      Wallpaper author:
      Eliud Echevarría

      01 Apr 2020

      Centaurus A

      Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It's is located 10-16 million light yeas away. Is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth and is the fifth-brightest in the sky. The center of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole with a mass of 55 million solar masses, which ejects a relativistic jet that is responsible for emissions in the X-ray and radio wavelengths. By taking radio observations of the jet separated by a decade, astronomers have determined that the inner parts of the jet are moving at about half of the speed of light.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 5128

      24 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 201.3651 Dec -43.0191
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        26 Dec 2019 - 29 Jul 2021
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance61910h40m62
      Halpha2133h40m62
      Green71812h10m61
      Red73812h30m61
      Blue71812h10m61

      Centaurus A