Centaurus A (NGC 5128)
This is a colour composite photo of the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) , obtained with the Wide-Field Imager (WFI) camera at the ESO/MPG 2.2-m telescope on La Silla. It is based on a total of nine 3-min exposures made on March 25, 1999, through different broad-band optical filters (B(lue) - total exposure time 9 min - central wavelength 456 nm - here rendered as blue; V(isual) - 540 nm - 9 min - green; I(nfrared) - 784 nm - 9 min - red); it was prepared from files in the ESO Science Data Archive by ESO-astronomer Benoît Vandame. The elliptical shape and the central dust band, the imprint of a galaxy collision, are well visible.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0315a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 June 2003 |
| Related releases: | eso0315 |
| Size: | 3612 x 3531 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Centaurus A, NGC 5128 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13h 25m 27.70s |
| Position (Dec): | -43° 1' 9.55" |
| Field of view: | 28.66 x 28.02 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infrared I |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
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