Tag: Centaurus A

Centaurus HST-ESO-LL

Centaurus A

What’s the closest active galaxy to planet Earth? That would be Centaurus A, only 11 million light-years distant. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is also known as NGC 5128. Forged in a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies,...

/ November 20, 2015