The heavily obscured centre of Centaurus A

Eso_eso0109a_1024

eso_eso0109a March 8th, 2001

Credit: ESO

A small area in the direction of the heavily obscured centre of the peculiar radio galaxy Centaurus A, as seen in visual light. It measures about 80 x 80 arcsec 2, or 4400 x 4400 light-year 2 at the distance of this galaxy, and has been reproduced from exposures made with the FORS2 multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT KUEYEN telescope at Paranal.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0109a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Centaurus A
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
Eso_eso0109a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 25m 27.0s
DEC = -43° 1’ 6.2”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
1.3 x 1.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0109a
Subject Category
C.5   C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-03-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0109a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.362435887, -43.0183924141
Reference Dimension
677.0, 678.0
Reference Pixel
338.0, 339.0
Scale
-3.17003097025e-05, 3.17003097025e-05
Rotation
-0.12000000000000051
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0109a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0109a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:23:51+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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