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Optical Image of Centaurus A This image shows how this elliptical galaxy appears in optical light. Scale: Image is 19 x 13 arcmin.

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Description	English: Optical Image of Centaurus A This image shows how this elliptical galaxy appears in optical light. Scale: Image is 19 x 13 arcmin.
Date	6 August 2001 (upload date)
Source	Optical Image of Centaurus A
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Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Headline	A nearby massive elliptical galaxy with an active galactic nucleus in the constellation Centaurus.
Credit/Provider	NASA/SAO/R.Kraft et al.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Image title	This stunning Chandra X-ray Observatory image of Centaurus A was the result of approximately 20 hours of observation. In addition to the bright central source, a suspected supermassive black hole, and the X-ray jet emanating from the core, more than 200 point-like X-ray sources were identified and studied. Because of their distribution around the center of the galaxy, it is believed that most of these point-like X-ray sources are X-ray binaries in which a neutron star or stellar-sized black hole is consuming matter from a nearby companion star. A diffuse cloud of hot X-ray producing gas that envelopes the central region can also be seen.
Short title	A Nearby Elliptical Galaxy With An Active Galactic Nucleus
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	6 August 2001
Exif version	2.21
Image width	515 px
Image height	393 px
Color space	Uncalibrated
Width	515 px
Height	393 px
Pixel composition	RGB
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Bits per component	8 8 8
Date metadata was last modified	06:02, 12 July 2011
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
Keywords	Centaurus A
IIM version	2

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