The Many Faces of Centaurus A^*
and a collection of pictures from all wavelength bands

^was a conference held in Sydney, Australia, June 28 - July 03, 2009. During the conference, six "Faces" of Cen A were displayed in posters along the walls in the conference room. Here they are presented to start this section. (Many thanks to Ángel R. López-Sánchez who provided the posters.)* Klick on the image to display a larger (2x) version or klick on the link to the full version.		Conference Poster © Á.R.L-S. full version (11 MB)
Deep optical image of NGC 5128 © Michael Sidonio full version (16.5 MB)	Ionized gas in the optical jet of NGC 5128 © Simon Ellis et al. full version (19 MB)	X ray/Optical/Radio image of Centaurus A. © Chandra/VLA/DSS full version (8.5 MB)
GALEX UV image of NGC 5128 © NASA, Á.R.L-S. full version (18.6 MB)	MIR image of NGC 5128 © NASA/Spitzer full version (8.4 MB)	Multiwavelegth view of Centaurus A © ESO & NASA full version (13.6 MB)

... more pictures from all wavelength bands :

	Radio image of the whole sky at 408 MHz; Cen A is the 10^o N-S extended object in the right upper quadrant, close to, but separated from the emission of the inner Galaxy. (360^ox180^o) Original sky map from Haslam et al. 1982
	Radio image centered on Centaurus A. Outer lobes at 408 MHz Haslam et al. 1982 (20^ox20^o)
	WMAP mircowave image of the whole sky at 23 GHz; Cen A is the 10^o N-S extended object in the right upper quadrant, close to, but separated from the emission of the inner Galaxy. (360^ox180^o) LAMBDA web page
	Planck mircowave image of the whole sky from 30 to 857 GHz; Cen A is the 10^o N-S extended object in the right upper quadrant, close to, but separated from the emission of the inner Galaxy. (360^ox180^o) ESA web page
	Radio image with polarization of the total Centaurus A region. Outer lobes at 6.3 cm (4.75 GHz). Junkes et al. 1993 (5^ox9^o) Figure in PostScript
	First full aperture synthesis image of Centaurus A at 1.4 GHz continuum. CSIRO Media Release – 3 July 2009 (5^ox9^o)
	Radio image of the inner lobes at 6 cm (4.9 GHz; VLA). Burns & Price 1983 (8'x8')
	Radio image of the inner lobes at 21 cm. Chandra Photo Album : Cen A Arcs (8'x8')
	Infrared image from the 2 Micron All Sky Survey ( 2MASS) (8'x8')
	Overlay of radio image of the inner lobes at 6 cm (4.9 GHz; VLA) and the optical image. Burns & Price 1983 (8'x8')
	Optical image of the central region; Hubble Space Telescope.
	Optical image of the central region (red filter); ESO first light VLT telescope UT1. The orientation of the image is such that north is at the right upper corner and east at the left upper corner
	Optical image; Anglo Australian Telescope. (13'x10')
	Dust lane - optical image; Anglo Australian Telescope. (13'x10')
	Deep optical image; UK Schmidt Telescope. (50'x80') see also Malin D.F., Quinn P.J., and Graham J.A. 1983, Ap.J. (Letters) 272, L5-L7
	Chandra X-ray image; composite of two observations 1999 / 2000 (10' x 6')
	Gamma-ray image (1-30 MeV) centered on Centaurus A (COMPTEL). Steinle et al. 1998 (40^ox40^o !)
	Schematic representation of the inner (12') structure of Cen A. Figure 1 from Morganti et al. 1991 .

optical Centaurus A from DSS DSS example page	x-ray Centaurus A with Chandra (1999-09-10) Chandra Photo Album	optical Centaurus A with VLT-Kueyen + FORS2 (2000-01-31 / 2000-02-01) ESO Press Release February 8, 2000 (05-00)	optical Centaurus A with VLT-Kueyen + FORS2 (2000-01-31 / 2000-02-01) enlargement of a section of previous picture ESO Press Release February 8, 2000 (05-00)
model Model of Centaurus A nuclear region STSCI press release 1998-05-14 (PR98-14)	optical Centaurus A nuclear region STSCI press release 1998-05-14 (PR98-14)	optical Centaurus A dust lane mosaic. Original image: WFPC2 (E. Schreier) in STSCI press release 1998-05-14 (PR98-14)	optical Centaurus A. Original image: VLT Kueyen + FORS2 (ESO Press Release February 8, 2000 (05-00))
x-ray X-ray image with jet visible (ROSAT). Döbereiner et al. 1996 (20'x20')	x-ray Chandra X-ray image Chandra press release 2001-11-23)	multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolor composite Chandra composites (# 4)	multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolor composite including Chandra data Chandra press release 2002-08-07)
infrared infrared image (ISO) overlayed on optical image Astronomy Picture of the Day (2002-02-02)	optical Blue arc of young stars in Cen A Astronomy Picture of the Day (2002-10-17) Peng et al. (2002)	X-ray + radio overlay of Chandra X-ray image with radio continuum and 21 cm line emission Chandra Photo Album : Cen A Arcs Karovska et al. (2002)	optical + radio + CO emission Cen A shells ESO Press release 05/00 : Cen A Shells Charmandaris V. et al. (2002)
optical Cen A shells Peng et al. , NOAO image gallery	optical Cen A ESO PR 13/03 2003-06-10	radio (1.2 mm) Cen A ESO Messenger 109, 18-21 (2002) Fig.5	infrared (3.6-8.0 µm) Cen A Spitzer Press Release 2004-06-01
optical optical image (CFHT/MegaCam) Astronomy Picture of the Day (2006-07-04)	optical optical image 2006 Capella Observatory	multiwavelength Centaurus A multicolor composite including Chandra data Chandra press release 2008-01-09	optical, submillimeter, X-ray Centaurus A multicolor composite including APEX (870 µm) data ESO press release 2009-01-28
radio, optical Centaurus A optical, VLT, VLA, composite unfortunately the position of the radiolobes is shifted by ~ 10" towards left Sterne und Weltraum, 1/2008, p. 29	VHE, E>100 GeV Centaurus A H.E.S.S.: VHE, E>100 GeV Aharonian, et al. (HESS Collaboration, 2009) L'Observatoire de Paris press release 2009-03-20	infrared: J, H, K (6' x 6' approximately) Centaurus A SOFI at NTT, ESO ESO Photo Release 44/09 Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine	ultraviolet Centaurus A Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC GALEX stellite
radio, X-ray inner 4000 light years Chandra X-ray, VLA, composite 2003-04-01: RAS Press Notice	radio (VLBI) the central part of the Cen A jet as seen with TANAMI 2011-05-20: NASA feature	UV to near-infrared central part of Cen A with Hubble 2011-06-16: NASA/Hubble/ESA press release	optical A Deeper Look at Cen A (50 hours) 2012-05-16: ESO photo release
radio (1.3) (6' x 6' approximately) ALMA Turns its Eyes to Centaurus A 2012-05-31: ESO photo release
A composite image showing the size of the radio glow from the galaxy Centaurus A in comparison to the full Moon. The foreground antennas are of CSIRO's ATCA, which gathered the data for the Centaurus A image. CSIRO Media Release – 3 July 2009	Poster of the international conference The Many Faces of Centaurus A, Sydney, Australia, June 28 - July 03, 2009	"Cen A" (Moon) over Circular Quay in Sydney taken by Martin Hardcastle during the Cen A conference in Sydney, Australia, June 28 - July 03, 2009 "Attending this conference all day, you start to see Cen A everywhere ..." (M. Hardcastle during his talk)	artist's impression the transient? Painting by Joe Tucciarone.

See also the Hubble Space Telescope pages for more pictures and information!

Cen A related animations (HST)

A movie zooming into the heart of Cen A (ESO)

Hubblecast 46: A tour of Centaurus A (ESA; 2011-06-16)

Last update: 2012-06-04 | Copyright © Helmut Steinle, MPE | Impressum

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