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NGC 5128 CENTAURUS A

NGC 5128 CENTAURUS A. Herschel (1847): '... a very problematical object...a genus apart...' , Bolton (1948) Discovery Bolton, Stanley, Slee (1949) Identification Mills (1952) Confirmation

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NGC 5128 CENTAURUS A

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  1. NGC 5128 CENTAURUS A

  2. Herschel (1847): '... a very problematical object...a genus apart...' , Bolton (1948) Discovery Bolton, Stanley, Slee (1949) Identification Mills (1952) Confirmation Baade, Minkowski (1954): Merger? '... unusually strong and wide central band ... highly anomalous ...' Graham/Tubbs/Dufour et al/Malin et al/ (1979/1980) Merger! A STRANGEOBJECT

  3. Largest Radio Source in the sky (8x3 degrees) Giant Elliptical Host NGC 5128 Dominant Cluster Galaxy Distance only 3.4-3.8 Mpc Nearest Low-Luminosity (FR-I) AGN Source of High-Energy Cosmic Rays Alas! A Southern Object: Declination -43 CENTAURUS A

  4. High-Frequency WMAP Maps

  5. Cen A Inner Radio Lobes

  6. NGC5128 MALIN AAT DEEP IMAGE 51

  7. Galex

  8. Spitzer

  9. JCMT 345 GHz 12CO(3-2)

  10. JCMT 345 GHz Continuum

  11. Cen A VLBI Tingayet al. 1998

  12. CEN A 12CO(2-1) SMA

  13. CEN A Central Molecular Gas

  14. Cen A 12COJ=1-0/J=2-1 SESTJ=3-2 JCMT

  15. VLA HISarma et al20002

  16. VLA HISarma et al20002

  17. Cen A HCO+ smoothAPEX [CI] histogramMolecular dissociation?

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