Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5128

Image of the day 06/03/2018

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    NGC 5128, Brian Peterson
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    Image of the day 06/03/2018

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      NGC 5128, Brian Peterson
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      Along with everything else, notice the two faint filaments on the right side, at about the 2 o'clock position (one about 1/3 of the way from the center to the right edge, the other a wider segment that reaches all the way to the right edge of the image) that are associated with the relativistic jet of material being flung out by the galaxy's central black hole (For a description of this, see Rolf Olsen's website here:

      https://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Centaurus-A-Extreme-Deep-Field/i-BZsTXtD

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