Turbulent Cauldron of Starbirth in Nearby Active Galaxy
Date: 15 May 1998
Depicts: Centaurus A, NGC 5128, IRAS 13225-4245
Copyright: E.J. Schreier, (STScI) and NASA
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope offers a stunning unprecedented close-up view of a turbulent firestorm of starbirth along a nearly edge-on dust disk girdling Centaurus A, the nearest active galaxy to Earth.
Last Update: 1 September 2019