Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Imag
chandra_382 January 9th, 2008
Credit: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.
In a long Chandra exposure lasting over seven days, Centaurus A reveals the effects of the supermassive black hole at its center. Opposing jets of high-energy particles are seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible. In this image, low-energy X-rays are colored red, intermediate-energy X-rays are green, and the highest-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are blue. The dark green and blue bands running almost perpendicular to the jet are dust lanes that absorb X-rays, created when Centaurus A merged with another galaxy perhaps 100 million years ago.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/cena/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 382
- Subject Category
- C.5.4.8 C.5.3.2
- Subject Name
- Centaurus A, Cen A, NGC 5128
- Credits
- NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.
- Release Date
- 2008-01-09
- Lightyears
- 11,000,000
- Redshift
- 11,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/cena/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, Chandra, Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS, ACIS, ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Bandpass
- X-ray, X-ray, X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 1.65, 0.99, 0.71
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 201.3654175, -43.0188942
- Reference Dimension
- 3000, 3000
- Reference Pixel
- 1500.500, 1500.500
- Scale
- -9.32977795755E-05, 9.32977795755E-05
- Rotation
- 0.0000
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- /image/chandra/382
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- cena.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2008/cena/cena.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-04-03
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
