Which is the one star pattern that "stands out" among all the others? Just about every guide on astronomy and stargazing will list Orion as number one. But perhaps there might be a bias, since most ...

Centaurus A (Cen A), located some 12 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus the Centaur, is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the night sky and hosts an exceptionally powerful ...

The strange galaxy Centaurus A is pictured in a new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours, this is probably the deepest view of this ...

What you are looking at is the result of more than 120 HOURS of total exposure time. This long exposure ensures that the subtle features of the galaxy are seen in all of their glory (and let me tell ...

In this space wallpaper, the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla ...