Inner Radio Lobes of Centaurus A (NGC 5128)

Centaurus A, at a distance of 5 Mpc, is the closest powerful radio galaxy. The general radio jet and the knots within the jet line up remarkably well with the X-ray jet recently found from Einstein Observatory observations. The structure shown here is usually referred to as the "inner-lobes" to differentiate it from the much larger ~1 degree structure seen further out.

VLA - C-configuration using 25 antennas. Image processing was performed at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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NGC5128

J.0. Burns, E.J. Schreier, E.D. Feigelson

Very Large Array (VLA)

1980-10-00

continuum

U

2.0 cm

15 GHz

RA 13:22:30.000, Dec: -42:45:30.000

0.183300 x 0.183300 degrees

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Active Galactic Nuclei Series

Radio Galaxies Unit