Evropská jižní observatoř

Kategorie: Galaxie, Zpět na celou fotogalerii.

Popis (v anglickém jazyce):

A small area in the direction of the heavily obscured centre of the peculiar radio galaxy Centaurus A , as seen in visual light. It measures about 80 x 80 arcsec 2 , or 4400 x 4400 light-year 2 at the distance of this galaxy, and has been reproduced from exposures made with the FORS2 multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT KUEYEN telescope at Paranal.

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