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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.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
Id: | eso0109a |
Typ: | Pozorování |
Datum zveřejnění: | 8. března 2001 |
Související články: | eso0109 |
Velikost: | 677 x 678 px |
O objektu
Jméno: | Centaurus A |
Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
Vzdálenost: | 13 milion světelné roky |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Kategorie: | Galaxies Quasars and Black Holes |
Souřadnice
Position (RA): | 13 25 26.98 |
Position (Dec): | -43° 1' 6.21" |
Field of view: | 1.29 x 1.29 arcminutes |
Orientace: | Sever je 0.1° pravá od svislé osy |
Barvy & filtry
Pásmo | Dalekohled |
---|---|
Optický B | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Optický V | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
Optický R | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |