About the Object

Name:	Centaurus A
Distance:	11 million light years
Constellation:	Centaurus
Category:	Anniversary Galaxies NIRCam

Coordinates

Position (RA):	13 25 27.65
Position (Dec):	-43° 1' 7.80"
Field of view:	8.10 x 9.09 arcminutes
Orientation:	North is 32.6° right of vertical

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Optical (DSS2)
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Colours & filters

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Optical (Blue)	900 nm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared (Blue) P-alpha	1.87 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared (Cyan)	2.0 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared (Yellow)	2.77 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared (Orange) PAH	3.35 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared (Red)	4.44 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam

Centaurus A (NIRCam image)

This view of Centaurus A from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope if from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) Webb’s infrared vision exposes a warped disk of gas and dust left behind by a collision with another galaxy billions of years ago.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI), J. Depasquale (STScI), M. Garcia Marin (ESA Office at STScI)

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