A deep look at the strange galaxy Centaurus A

eso_eso1221a May 16th, 2012

Credit: ESO

The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1221a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 5128
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN; Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 25m 27.7s; DEC = -43° 1’ 9.5”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 33.9 x 33.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (H-alpha)	659.0 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (R)	652.0 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (V)	540.0 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (B)	456.0 nm

ID: eso1221a
Subject Category: C.5.3.2 C.5.1.4
Subject Name: NGC 5128
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2012-05-16T12:00:00
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Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1221a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: NED

Facility: MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument: WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment: Blue, Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: OIII, H-alpha, R, V, B
Central Wavelength: 502, 659, 652, 540, 456

Start Time
Integration Time: 36538, 36295, 99992, 2148, 2488
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 201.36542, -43.019319
Reference Dimension: 8547.0, 8358.0

Reference Pixel: 4512.62114084, 3898.79468173
Scale: -6.605329e-05, 6.605329e-05
Rotation: 0.01707101089
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1221a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1221a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-04-27T18:43:23+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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