Posts Tagged ‘Centaurus A’

The Super Power of ‘F’

18 July 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 1 Comment

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; Sub­mil­lime­ter: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; Opti­cal: ESO/WFI

Cen­tau­rus A dis­plays the full power of a super­mas­sive black hole.

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Spectacular dust

16 June 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hub­ble Her­itage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Col­lab­o­ra­tion. Acknowl­edg­ment: R. O’Connell (Uni­ver­sity of Vir­ginia) and the WFC3 Sci­en­tific Over­sight Committee

With a wide swath of thick dust hid­ing its mid­dle, Cen­tau­rus A dazzles.

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Lunch in Centaurus

20 November 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 1 Comment

Credit: ESo
This image of the central parts of Centaurus A reveals the parallelogram-shaped remains of a smaller galaxy that was gulped down about 200 to 700 million years ago. Credit: ESo

This image of the cen­tral parts of Cen­tau­rus A reveals the parallelogram-shaped remains of a smaller galaxy that was gulped down about 200 to 700 mil­lion years ago. Credit: ESo

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