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High-resolution image of Centaurus A showing the discrete elements of galactic core; Centaurus A at UniverseToday.com; NGC5128 Centaurus A; NGC 5128 at DOCdb (Deep Sky Observer's Companion) Centaurus A on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images; Centaurus A at Constellation Guide
G292.0+01.8 is a supernova remnant located in the constellation Centaurus. It first gained notice as a strong radio source, and eventually deep images revealed a hot optical nebula at the location. It lies about 15,000 light years away. The remnant's spectrum shows no detectable lines of hydrogen and helium and the presence of only oxygen and neon.
In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. . Centaurs generally have unstable orbits because of this; almost all their orbits have dynamic lifetimes of only a few million years, [1] but there is one known centaur, 514107 Kaʻepaokaʻawela, which may be in a stable ...
Centaurus / s ɛ n ˈ t ɔːr ə s,-ˈ t ɑːr-/ is a bright constellation in the southern sky. One of the largest constellations , Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy , and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations .
J1407b is a substellar object, either a free-floating planet or brown dwarf, with a large circumplanetary disk or ring system.It was first detected by automated telescopes in 2007 when its disk eclipsed the star V1400 Centauri, causing a series of dimming events for 56 days.
More surprising is the beautiful rich blue colour that looks much like the coloured images of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 in 1989. Spectroscopy reveals NGC 3918 is approaching us at 17±3.0 kilometres per second, while the nebulosity is expanding at around 24 kilometres per second.
NGC 4709 is an elliptical galaxy [3] located in the constellation Centaurus. [4] It is considered to be a member of the Centaurus Cluster [5] [6] and is the dominant member of a small group of galaxies known as "Cen 45" [7] which is currently merging with the main Centaurus Cluster (Cen 30) [8] even though the two subclusters' line of sight redshift velocities differ by about 1500 km/s. [9]
The spiral galaxy NGC 4622 lies approximately 111 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. NGC 4622 is an example of a galaxy with leading spiral arms . [ 2 ] Each spiral arm winds away from the center of the galaxy and ends at an outermost tip that "points" in a certain direction (away from the arm).