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English: 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.

Coordinates (J2000): RA 13h 25m 27.62s Dec -43° 01' 08.80"

Constellation: Centaurus

Observation Date: 6 pointings between 03/22/2007 and 05/30/2007

Observation Time: 199 hours

Color Code: X-ray (blue), Submillimeter (orange); Optical (white, brown)

Instrument: ACIS

Also Known As: Cen A, NGC 5128

Distance Estimate: About 11 million light years
Čeština: Čočková galaxie Centaurus A s obří černou dírou v centru leží v souhvězdí Kentaura více než 10 milionů světelných let od Země.
Español: Imagen de Centaurus A producida con datos de rayos-X (azul), datos submilimétricos (naranja) y datos ópticos (blanco, marrón).
Français : Vue de la galaxie Centaurus A, dont le centre est occupé par un trou noir supermassif. Ce dernier produit des jets de matière de part et d'autre de la galaxie. Le jet visible en haut de l'image s'étend sur 13 000 années-lumière.
Magyar: A Centaurus A galaxisnak a Chandra űrtávcső röntgen-adataiból (kék), a chilei Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) távcső szubmilliméteres adataiból (narancssárga), és a La Silla csillagászati obszervatórium Max-Planck / ESO 2,2 méteres teleszkópjának látható fényadataiból (fehér, barna) készült képe
Македонски: Леќестата галаксија Кентаур A.
Português: Imagem da galáxia lenticular Centaurus A produzida com dados de raios-X (azul), dados submilimétricos (laranja) e dados ópticos (branco, marrom)
Русский: Изображение радиогалактики Центавр A и её джетов в рентгеновском (синий), субмиллиметровом (оранжевый) и оптическом (белый, коричневый) диапазонах
Эрзянь: Centaurus A фотокувось-невтемась рентгенэнь (X-ray) (сэнь), субмиллиметровой (оранж), оптикань (ашо, тюжа) налтнесэ.
Nederlands: Het sterrenstelsel Centaurus A met röntgenstraling in blauw, submillimetergolflengten in oranje en zichtbaar licht in wit en bruin.
Українська: Зображення радіогалактики α Центавра і її джетів в рентгенівському (синій), субміліметровому (помаранчевий) і оптичному (білий, коричневий) діапазонах.
中文：半人马座A的X射线（蓝色）、亚毫米（橙色）、光学（白色及棕色）成像
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  • ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)
  • Derivative work including grading and crop: Julian Herzog
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