New Level - Centaurus A
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:03 pm
All Galxies have black holes... Some are active black holes and some are not... The black hole in our Milky Way Galaxy is not active at this time.. In other words it is not.... eating.. But it could start at any moment..
Centaurus A is the closest active (eating) galaxy to earth.. It is about 11 million light-years away...
About 200 million years ago a smaller galaxy strayed to close to Centaurus A and the smaller galaxy got consumed by Centaurus A.. The contents of this smaller galaxy are now churning inside the core of Centaurus A, triggering new generations of star births...
Centaurus A is about 60,00 light-years across... The Milky Way is about 100,00 light-years arcross...
Here below u can learn more about active galaxies and Centaurus A...
http://www-glast.sonoma.edu/images/agn.html
and here
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040624.html
Centaurus A is the closest active (eating) galaxy to earth.. It is about 11 million light-years away...
About 200 million years ago a smaller galaxy strayed to close to Centaurus A and the smaller galaxy got consumed by Centaurus A.. The contents of this smaller galaxy are now churning inside the core of Centaurus A, triggering new generations of star births...
Centaurus A is about 60,00 light-years across... The Milky Way is about 100,00 light-years arcross...
Here below u can learn more about active galaxies and Centaurus A...
http://www-glast.sonoma.edu/images/agn.html
and here
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040624.html