NASA's Fermi Telescope Resolves Radio Galaxy Centaurus A

NASA release April 1, 2010

Fermi's Large Area Telescope resolved high-energy gamma rays from an extended region around the active galaxy Centaurus A. The emission corresponds to million-light-year-wide radio-emitting gas thrown out by the galaxy's supersized black hole. This inset shows an optical/gamma-ray composite of the galaxy and its location on the Fermi one-year sky map.

Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration, Capella Observatory

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