半人马座A

一个吞并了旋涡星系的巨椭圆星系；暗带就是那个旋涡星系的尘埃。它的中心黑洞驱动着长达一百万光年的喷流。

图片挂在该距离处，朝向地球，大小与它在天空中一样；看不出天体有多深，所以它是平的。

拍摄者

欧洲南方天文台

图片跨度

约 82,000 ly

距太阳

1240万 光年

赤经 / 赤纬

201.37° / -43.02°

来源

ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)

Centaurus A is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia. There is considerable debate in the literature regarding the galaxy's fundamental properties such as its Hubble type and distance.

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