Oi Centaurus A http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100313.html
Explanation: Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy, also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sharp color image. Centaurus A is apparently the result of a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies resulting in a fantastic jumble of star clusters and imposing dark dust lanes. Near the galaxy's center, left over cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun. As in other active galaxies, that process likely generates the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energy radiated by Centaurus A. Active Galaxy Centaurus A http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080110.html Very high energy gamma-rays from the radio galaxy Centaurus A http://www.obspm.fr/actual/nouvelle/mar09/cena.en.shtml The Galaxy Within Centaurus A http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060304.html NGC 5128 http://seds.org/messier/Xtra/ngc/n5128.html -- Beijins Fa ------------------------------------------------------------- "Eu confesso: já cheirei Coca. Tem o mesmo cheiro de Pepsi." -------------------------------------------------------------
