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NASA's Chandra Sees Black Hole Jet Stumble Into Something in the Dark

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chandra_848 November 20th, 2024

Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/D. Bogensberger et al.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cena/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Centaurus A Knots

Distance

Universescale2

11,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 25m 27.6s; DEC = -43° 1’ 8.8”
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	-

Chandra_848_1280

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ID: 848
Subject Category
Subject Name: Centaurus A Knots
Credits: NASA/CXC/SAO/D. Bogensberger et al.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk

Release Date: 2024-11-20
Lightyears: 11,000,000
Redshift: 11,000,000
Reference Url: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cena/

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Instrument: ACIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: X-ray
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

Start Time: 2000-05-17-2257
Integration Time: 839890
Dataset ID: 962, 2978, 3965, 8489, 8490, 10722, 10725, 11846, 12156, 13303, 15294, 16276, 17890, 17891, 18461, 19521, 19747, 20794, 21698, 22714, 23823, 24318, 24319, 24320, 24321, 24322, 24323, 24324, 24325, 24326, 26405, 26453, 27344, 27345
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 201.36508333333333, -43.01911111111111
Reference Dimension

Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Email: cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu

Telephone: 617.496.7941
Address: 60 Garden St.
City: Cambridge
State/Province: MA

Postal Code: 02138
Country: USA
Rights: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Publisher: Chandra X-ray Center
Publisher ID: chandra
Resource ID: cena.tif

Resource URL: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/cena/cena.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-12-13T12:38:57-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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