The Heavily Obscured Centre of Centaurus A
A small area in the direction of the heavily obscured centre of the peculiar radio galaxy Centaurus A, as seen in visual light. It measures about 80 x 80 arcsec 2, or 4400 x 4400 light-year 2 at the distance of this galaxy, and has been reproduced from exposures made with the FORS2 multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT KUEYEN telescope at Paranal.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0109a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 8 March 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0109 |
| Size: | 677 x 678 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Centaurus A |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • X - Galaxies • X - Quasars & Black Holes |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 23 50.71 |
| Position (Dec): | -9° 41' 4.51" |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
| Optical V |
Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optical R |
Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
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