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The Center of Centaurus A


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#77075 by @ 18.07.2005 00:00 - nach oben -
The Center of Centaurus A

Explanation: A fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, gigantic glowing gas clouds, and imposing dark dust lanes surrounds the central region of the active galaxy Centaurus A. This mosaic of Hubble Space Telescope images taken in blue, green, and red light has been processed to present a natural color picture of this cosmic maelstrom. Infrared images from the Hubble have also shown that hidden at the center of this activity are what seem to be disks of matter spiraling into a black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun! Centaurus A itself is apparently the result of a collision of two galaxies and the left over debris is steadily being consumed by the black hole. Astronomers believe that such black hole central engines generate the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energy radiated by Centaurus A and other active galaxies. But for an active galaxy Centaurus A is close, a mere 10 million light-years away, and is a relatively convenient laboratory for exploring these powerful sources of energy.

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#77077 by @ 18.07.2005 00:15 - nach oben -
hmm irgendwiä gseht da us wiä ä nochufnahm vonnere wüäschte verbrennig uf em oberschenkel.
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#77091 by @ 18.07.2005 12:54 - nach oben -
hät no näbis.
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#77092 by @ 18.07.2005 13:09 - nach oben -
es goht...i glaub nöd das da wür glizerä...

gseht ener us wiä än polierte edelstei
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#77095 by @ 18.07.2005 13:20 - nach oben -
villicht isches jo än oberschenkel vonere frau und diä hett glitzerstaub drübergstreuslet, damits schicker usgseht.
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#77097 by @ 18.07.2005 13:26 - nach oben -
da wo so glizeret isch s deinfektionsmittel.
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#77099 by @ 18.07.2005 14:10 - nach oben -
hans, blibe mir realistisch hä...nei echt. immer d chilä us em dorf holä...tststs
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#77100 by @ 18.07.2005 14:26 - nach oben -
jo wa, stimmt doch. gseht ächt so us. do flüged nöd mol d bäll hoch.