The Many Faces of Centaurus A* collection
and other images from multiple frequency bands
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*a conference held in Sydney, Australia, 28 June — 3 July 2009 During the conference, six 'Faces' of Centaurus A were displayed on posters in the conference room. (Many thanks to Ángel R. López-Sánchez who provided the posters.) Click on the image to display a larger (2x) version or click on the link to the full version. |
 Conference Poster Credit: Á.R.L-S. full version (11 MB) |
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 Deep optical image of NGC 5128 Credit: Michael Sidonio full version (16.5 MB) |
 Ionised gas in the optical jet of NGC 5128 Credit: Simon Ellis et al. full version (19 MB) |
 X-ray/Optical/Radio image of Centaurus A Credit: Chandra/VLA/DSS full version (8.5 MB) |
 GALEX UV image of NGC 5128 Credit: NASA, Á.R.L-S. full version (18.6 MB) |
 MIR image of NGC 5128 Credit: NASA/Spitzer full version (8.4 MB) |
 Multiwavelength view of Centaurus A Credit: ESO & NASA full version (13.6 MB) |
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Other pictures from various frequency bands :
Note: The images (whenever possible) have been oriented with North up and East left.
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Radio image of the whole sky at 408 MHz. Cen A is the 10o N-S extended object in the right upper quadrant, close to, but separated from the emission of the inner Galaxy. (360o x 180o) Original sky map from Haslam et al. 1982 |
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Radio image centred on Centaurus A. Outer lobes at 408 MHz Haslam et al. 1982 (20o x 20o) |
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Planck microwave image of the whole sky at 30 to 857 GHz; Cen A is the 10o N-S extended object in the right upper quadrant, close to, but separated from the emission of the inner Galaxy. (360o x 180o) Credit: ESA, 2010 |
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Centaurus A with H.E.S.S. E > 100 GeV Aharonian et al. 2009 (H.E.S.S. Collaboration) |
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Centaurus A with Fermi-LAT, at maximum extent E > 200 MeV Abdo et al. 2010 (Fermi-LAT Collaboration) |
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optical Centaurus A dust lane region with VLT ESO VLT First Light |
optical
Centaurus A dust lane mosaic Original image: WFPC2 (E. Schreier) in STScI Press Release (14-05-1998) |
near-IR to UV Centaurus A dust lane with HST NASA/Hubble/ESA Press Release (16-06-2011) |
optical Centaurus A dust lane with HST STScI Press Release (14-05-1998) |
optical Centaurus A dust lane with VLT-Kueyen + FORS2 (31-01-2000 / 01-02-2000) detailed ESO Press Release (08-02-2000) |
optical Centaurus A dust lane with VLT-Kueyen + FORS2 (31-01-2000 / 01-02-2000) ESO Press Release (08-02-2000) |
infrared: J, H, K Centaurus A dust lane with SOFI at NTT, ESO (about 6' x 6') ESO Photo Release (20-11-2009) |
infrared Centaurus A at 3.6—8.0 µm Spitzer Press Release (01-06-2004) |
X-ray Centaurus A jet with Chandra Chandra Photo Album (10-09-1999) |
X-ray Centaurus A jet with Rosat (20' x 20') Döbereiner et al. 1996 |
X-ray
Centaurus A jet with Chandra Chandra Press Release (23-11-2001) |
radio, X-ray Centaurus A inner jet VLA/Chandra composite RAS Press Notice (01-04-2003) |
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Centaurus A Optical image with VLA contours of the inner lobes at 6 cm overlaid Burns & Price, 1983 |
infrared Centaurus a central regions with ISO, overlayed on optical image Astronomy Picture of the Day (02-02-2002) |
optical Centaurus A shells Peng et al. (2002) |
optical Cenaurus A shells; blue arc of young stars Astronomy Picture of the Day (17-10-2002) Peng et al. (2002) |
optical Cen A ESO PR 13/03 10-06-2003 |
optical Optical image (CFHT/MegaCam) Astronomy Picture of the Day (04-07-2006) |
optical Centaurus A 2006, Capella Observatory |
optical Centaurus A: a deeper look (50 hours) ESO Photo Release (16-05-2012) |
X-ray + radio Overlay of Chandra X-ray image with radio continuum and 21 cm line emission Chandra Photo Album : Cen A Arcs Karovska et al. (2002) |
multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolour composite including Chandra data Chandra Press Release (09-01-2008) |
optical, submm, X-ray Centaurus A multicolour composite including APEX (870 µm) data ESO press release (28-01-2009) |
optical + radio + CO Centaurus A shells Charmandaris et al. (2000) |
radio Centaurus A VLA image of the inner lobes at 6 cm (4.9 GHz) (8' x 8') Burns & Price, 1983 |
radio, optical Centaurus A VLT/VLA composite Sterne und Weltraum, 1/2008, p. 29 
Wrong overlay (position of the inner radio lobes shifted left). Do not use. |
radio Centaurus A at 1.2 mm ESO Messenger, 109, 18-21 (2002) Fig.5 |
radio Centaurus A inner lobes at 327 MHz Neff et al. 2015 |
radio Centaurus A nuclear jets with VLBI; TANAMI NASA feature (20-05-2011) |
multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolour composite Chandra composites (number 4) |
multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolour composite including Chandra data Chandra Press Release (07-08-2002) |
millimetre Centaurus A central regions 'ALMA Turns its Eyes to Centaurus A' (about 6' x 6') ESO photo release (31-05-2012) |
optical Centaurus A: Extreme Deep Field (58' x 88') Credit: M. Sidonio & R. Olsen, 2013 |
optical Centaurus A: Extreme Deep Field (120 hours) (45' x 34') (Original orientation rotated by 180°) Credit: Rolf Olsen, 2014 |
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Centaurus A dust lane Astronomy Picture of the Day (19-11-2015) |
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A composite image showing the size of the radio glow from the galaxy Centaurus A in comparison to the full Moon. The foreground antennas are of CSIRO's ATCA, which gathered the data for the Centaurus A image. CSIRO Media Release (03-07-2009) |
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Centaurus A: first full aperture synthesis image at 1.4 GHz continuum (5o x 9o) CSIRO Media Release (03-07-2009) |
 'Cen A' (Moon) over Circular Quay in Sydney taken by Martin Hardcastle during the Centaurus A conference in Sydney, Australia, 28 June - 3 July 2009 "Attending this conference all day, you start to see Cen A everywhere ..." (M. Hardcastle during his talk) |
ultraviolet Centaurus A with GALEX Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC |
For more images, animations and information see e.g.
Quasars & Active Galaxies images (Chandra)
Cen A related animations (HST)
Zooming into the heart of Cen A, movie (ESO)
Hubblecast 46: A tour of Centaurus A (ESA, 16-06-2011)
