Pictor A, around 485 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor, is a double-lobed broad-line radio galaxy[5] and a powerful source of radio waves in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere.[6] From a supermassive black hole at its centre, a relativistic jet shoots out to an X-ray hot spot 300,000 light-years away.[7]
| Pictor A | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Image from Chandra X-ray Observatory showing a jet of plasma emanating from Pictor A | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 19m 49.721s[1] |
| Declination | −45° 46′ 43.85″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.03498 ± 0.00005[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 10487 ± 15 km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.77[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.64[3] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | 19.2[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S00[4] |
| Other designations | |
| Pic A, PKS 0518-45, 2CXO J051949.7-454643 | |
References
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- ^ Brown, Anthony M.; Adams, Jenni (April 2012). "Discovery of γ-ray emission from the broad-line radio galaxy Pictor A". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421 (3): 2303–2309. arXiv:1201.0034. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.421.2303B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20451.x.
- ^ Perley, Richard A.; Röser, Hermann-Josef; Meisenheimer, Klaus (1997). "The Radio Galaxy Pictor A – a Study with the VLA" (PDF). Astronomy & Astrophysics. 328: 12–32. Bibcode:1997A&A...328...12P.
- ^ "Spectacular X-ray Jet Points Toward Cosmic Energy Booster". Exploring the Universe. Chandra X-ray Observatory. 6 June 2000. Retrieved 6 March 2024.