Black Hole Outflows From Centaurus A
chandra_416 January 30th, 2009
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; Submillimeter: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; Optical: ESO/WFI
This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole's power. Jets and lobes powered by the central black hole in this nearby galaxy are shown by submillimeter data (colored orange) from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile and X-ray data (colored blue) from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager on the Max-Planck/ESO 2.2 m telescope, also located in Chile, shows the dust lane in the galaxy and background stars. The X-ray jet in the upper left extends for about 13,000 light years away from the black hole. The APEX data shows that material in the jet is travelling at about half the speed of light.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cena/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 416
- Subject Category
- C.5.4.6
- Subject Name
- Centaurus A, NGC 5128
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; Submillimeter: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; Optical: ESO/WFI
- Release Date
- 2009-01-30
- Lightyears
- 11,000,000
- Redshift
- 11,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cena/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, APEX, ESO, ESO, ESO
- Instrument
- ACIS, LABOCA, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Orange, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, Submillimeter, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- -, Millimeter, R-band, V-band, B-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 8.7e5, 660, 555, 439
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 201.3807550, -43.0186745
- Reference Dimension
- 3600.0, 3555.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1778.5
- Scale
- 0.00011262, 0.00011262014
- Rotation
- -0.03
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- 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 Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- cena.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cena/cena.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-03-26T15:54:13-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
