Panning across the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) and its strange globular clusters

This close-up video sequence shows the huge elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (also known as Centaurus A). This object is the closest such galaxy to the Earth, at a distance of about 12 million light-years. Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a new class of “dark” globular star clusters around this galaxy. These are marked in red. They appear very similar to other globulars around this galaxy but contain much more mass.

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ESO/Digitized Sky Survey. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

Music: Johan B Monell (www.johanmonell.com)

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Tunnistus:eso1519a
Julkaisupäivä:13. toukokuuta 2015 12:00
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso1519
Kesto:50 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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Nimi:Centaurus A
Kategoria:Galaxies

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