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Centaurus A
(3U 1322-42, NGC 5128)
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Centaurus Ais a part of Centaurus2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
has distance 4 Mpchas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
has synonym 3U 1322-42has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
has synonym NGC 5128has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
has definition A strong radio source. Optically, it is an elliptical galaxy with a dark obscuring lane. It is the nearest known violent galaxy.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
is an instance of radio source2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
is an instance of X-ray source2001-09-27 09:30:22.0
radio sourcehas wavelength radio2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
has catalog radio source catalog2001-09-27 09:30:21.0
X-ray sourcehas wavelength X-ray2001-09-27 09:30:23.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:23.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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