Galaxies - NGC 5128

R.A.: 13h 25m 27.6s
Dec.: -43° 01´ 09´´
Mag.: 7.8

Centaurus A is a lenticular galaxy about 14 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.
It is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth. A relativistic jet which extracts energy from the
vicinity of what is believed to be a supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy is responsible
for emissions in the X-ray and radio wavelengths. The bulge of this galaxy is comprised mainly of evolved red stars.
The dusty disk, however, has been the site of more recent star formation; over 100 star formation regions have been
identified in the disk.

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