Tag Archive for 'Centaurus A'

This composite image shows the elliptical galaxy Centaurus A: blue color shows X-ray light captured by Chandra, orange represents X-rays detected by IXPE, and optical light seen by ESO is colored white and gray. Image credit: NASA / MSFC / IXPE / Ehlert et al. / CXC / SAO / ESO / WFI / J.Schmidt.

IXPE Observes Jet from Centaurus A’s Supermassive Black Hole

May 4, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Centaurus A is located 13 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus, and represents the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky. This composite...

This DEC image shows Centaurus A, a giant galaxy located some 13 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. Image credit: CTIO / NOIRLab / DOE / NSF / AURA / M. Soraisam, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & NOIRLab / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NOIRLab / M. Zamani, NOIRLab / D. de Martin, NOIRLab.

Nearby Elliptical Galaxy Hosts At Least 1,900 Globular Clusters

Jan 13, 2022 by News Staff

A research team led by University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory astronomers presents a new catalog of 40,502 globular cluster candidates in Centaurus...

This MWA image shows Centaurus A at radio wavelengths, revealing vast lobes of plasma that reach far beyond the visible galaxy, which occupies only a small patch at the center of the image. The dots in the background are not stars, but radio galaxies much like Centaurus A, at far greater distances. Image credit: Ben McKinley, ICRAR & Curtin University / Connor Matherne, Louisiana State University.

Radio Astronomers Spot Bipolar Outflow from Centaurus A’s Supermassive Black Hole

Dec 23, 2021 by News Staff

Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is a giant elliptical galaxy 12 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. In its center lies an actively feeding...

Astronomers Capture Beautiful New Image of Centaurus A

Sep 2, 2021 by News Staff

Using the Dark Energy Camera (DEC) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, astronomers have obtained...

The new highest resolution EHT image of the Centaurus A’s jet launching region. Image credit: R. Bors / CSIRO / ATNF / Feain et al. / Morganti et al. / Junkes et al. / ESO / WFI / MPIfR / APEX / Weiß et al. / NASA / CXC / CfA / Kraft et al. / TANAMI / Müller et al. / EHT / Janssen et al.

Event Horizon Telescope Captures Image of Centaurus A’s Black Hole Jet

Jul 20, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration have imaged a jet in the heart of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A and identified the...

This image from ESO’s SPECULOOS Observatory shows the massive galaxy Centaurus A. Image credit: ESO / SPECULOOS Team / E. Jehin.

ESO Astronomers Capture Stunning Image of Centaurus A Galaxy

Jul 31, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using robotic telescopes at ESO’s newest planet-hunting SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) Observatory in...

Centaurus A. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble Space Telescope / ESO / Robert Gendler & Roberto Colombari.

Centaurus A’s Satellite Galaxies Move in Unexpected Ways

Feb 6, 2018 by News Staff

Several dwarf galaxies orbiting around a nearby elliptical galaxy called Centaurus A are rotating in synchrony around their host, to astronomers’ surprise....

The giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the closest such galaxy to the Earth, at a distance of about 12 million light-years. Image credit: ESO / ESA / Hubble / NASA / Digitized Sky Survey / Davide de Martin.

Astronomers Discover New Type of Star Cluster

May 14, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile has discovered a never-seen-before...

Astronomers Find Spiral Arms at Core of Giant Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A

Oct 23, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

An international group of astronomers has discovered surprising gaseous spiral arms in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 5128, also known as Centaurus A. This...

ALMA Sees Radio Galaxy Centaurus A

May 31, 2012 by News Staff

Astronomers using Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured a new image of the centre of the distinctive galaxy Centaurus A. This...

Herschel and XMM-Newton Combine Efforts to Shed Light on Centaurus A

Apr 4, 2012 by James Freeman

Scientists using observations from two ESA’s spacecrafts have created a multi-wavelength view of cataclysmic events taking place within the giant galaxy...