Centaurus A (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Centaurus A

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This image of Centaurus A, one of the closest active galaxies to Earth, combines the data from observations in multiple frequency ranges.

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ESO/WFI (optical), MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A. Weiss et al. (submillimeter), NASA/CXC/CfA/R. Kraft et al. (X-ray)

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