Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is a standout object for Southern Hemisphere observers. NGC 5128 is often called the Hamburger Galaxy because of the two regions of stars (the bun) that surround a dark dusty ...
The galaxy Centaurus A is about 11 million light-years away and is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the sky. Because it's so bright, it's been studied extensively by amateur and professional astronomers ...
This week’s small-telescope target is peculiar galaxy Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, Caldwell 77, and the Hamburger Galaxy. You’ll find it 3.5° west of magnitude 3.5 Mu (μ) Centauri. Seeing ...
Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may ...
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. It reveals the ...
Arp 148: Arp This ring-shaped galaxy is accompanied by an elongated companion. This dramatic collision created a shockwave, first pulling matter inward to the center before spreading it outward in a ...
Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier 81: NGC 3031 is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years ...
DURING the past 2 years, NGC 5128 has been observed with various techniques at the 154 cm reflector in Bosque Alegre (Astrophysical Branch of the Observatorio de Córdoba). The aim of these ...