Credit & Copyright: SSRO-South
(Steve Mazlin, Jack Harvey, Daniel Verschatse, Rick Gilbert)
and Kevin Ivarsen (PROMPT / CTIO / UNC)
Explanation:
What's the closest
active
galaxy to planet Earth?
That would be
Centaurus A,
only 11 million light-years distant.
Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy
is also known
as NGC 5128.
Forged in a
collision
of two otherwise normal galaxies, Centaurus A's
fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, pinkish star forming regions,
and imposing dark dust lanes are seen here in remarkable detail.
The
colorful galaxy portrait was recorded under clear Chilean skies
at the
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.
Near the galaxy's center, left over
cosmic debris is steadily
being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times
the mass of the Sun.
As in other active galaxies, that process likely generates the radio,
X-ray, and gamma-ray
energy radiated by
Centaurus A.
and Kevin Ivarsen (PROMPT / CTIO / UNC)
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Публикации с ключевыми словами:
active galaxy - активная галактика - Центавр A - слияние галактик - Centaurus A - NGC 5128
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