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About this Image

Centaurus A, at a distance of 5 Mpc, is the closest powerful radio galaxy. The general radio jet and the knots within the jet line up remarkably well with the X-ray jet recently found from Einstein Observatory observations. The structure shown here is usually referred to as the "inner-lobes" to differentiate it from the much larger ~1 degree structure seen further out.

Investigator(s):  J.0. Burns, E.J. Schreier, and E.D. Feigelson

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Technical Data

Telescope	VLA
Date of Observation	1980-10-00
Type of Observation	Continuum Observations
Band	L
Wavelength	20 cm
Frequency	1.4 GHz
Center of Image	RA: 13:22:30.00, Dec: -42:45:30.00 (J2000)
Field of View	0.1833 x 0.1833 degrees
Technical Caption	VLA - C-configuration using 25 antennas.



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