Centaurus A

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
active galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 6.84
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Caldwell_catalogue
gptkb:Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:declination −43° 01′ 09″
gptkbp:diameter ~60,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:James_Dunlop
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1826
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~12 million light-years
gptkbp:galaxyType gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:hasDustLane yes
gptkbp:hasGammaRayEmission yes
gptkbp:hasGlobularClusters ~1500
gptkbp:hasJet yes
gptkbp:hasOpticalJets yes
gptkbp:hasRadioLobes yes
gptkbp:hasStarburstRegion yes
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole ~55 million solar masses
gptkbp:hasXRayEmission yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Centaurus A
gptkbp:infraredPort yes
gptkbp:isBrightestGalaxyIn gptkb:Centaurus_Group
gptkbp:isMergerRemnant yes
gptkbp:isNearbyGalaxy yes
gptkbp:jetLength ~13,000 light-years
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Centaurus
gptkbp:morphologicalType S0 pec
gptkbp:notableFeature prominent dust lane
black hole
strong radio source
gptkbp:notableFor closest radio galaxy to Earth
evidence of galaxy merger
site of recent star formation
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Very_Large_Array
gptkb:Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:PKS_1322-427
gptkb:NGC_5128
gptkb:Caldwell_77
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Centaurus_Group
gptkbp:redshift 0.001825
gptkbp:rightAscension 13h 25m 27.6s
gptkbp:supernovaeObserved gptkb:SN_1986G
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4