Image: NGC 5128
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Description: False-colour X-ray image of the giant elliptical active galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) taken with the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, featuring its 30,000 light-years long jet.
Title: NGC 5128
Credit: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030705.html (image link) http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/0157blue/index.html (image link)
Author: R.Kraft (SAO) et al., CXO, NASA
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