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NGC 5128 · Galaxy · Centaurus

Centaurus A

Also known as C 77 · ESO 270-009 · PGC 46957

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Centaurus

Position (J2000)

13h 25m 28s · −43° 01′ 09″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

2

Typical integration

5 h

Magnitude

7.22

visual

Size

25.9′ × 19.8′

Distance

~12,000,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.