Pictor A
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| image from Chandra X-ray Observatory showing a jet of plasma emanating from Pictor A | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 19m 49.7s[1] |
| Declination | −45° 46′ 44″[1] |
| Apparent dimension (V) | {{{appdim_v}}} |
Pictor A, around 485 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor, is a double-lobed radio galaxy[1] and a powerful source of radio waves in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.[2] From a supermassive black hole at its centre, a relativistic jet shoots out to an X-ray hot spot 800,000 light years away.[3]
References
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- "Spectacular X-ray Jet Points Toward Cosmic Energy Booster". Exploring the Universe. Chandra X-ray Observatory. 6 June 2000. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- "Pictor A". NASA/ipac Extragalactic Database. NASA/jpl/Caltech/ipac. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- Perley, Richard A.; Röser, , Hermann-Josef; Meisenheimer, Klaus (1997). "The Radio Galaxy Pictor A – a Study with the VLA" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 328: 12–32. Bibcode:1997A&A...328...12P.
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