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Centaurus A: A Unique Lenticular Galaxy by Rodrigo Andrade is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is a lenticular galaxy located about 14 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, notable for its unusual dust lane and being one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth. It features a supermassive black hole at its center, which produces a relativistic jet emitting X-ray and radio waves, and is currently undergoing a galaxy collision that has triggered intense star formation. The galaxy is the fifth brightest in the sky and serves as an ideal target for am

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Rodrigo Andrade

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