Centaurus A Comparison Table

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Centaurus A comparison table

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radio source celestial body radio source catalog radio A source of extraterrestrial radio radiation. The strongest known is Cassiopeia A, followed by Cyg A and the Crab Nebula (Tau A) (the capital letters following the name of a constellation refer to the radio sources of the constellation, A being the strongest source). Radio sources are divided into two main categories: Class I, those associated with our Galaxy (which is a weak radio source), and Class II, extragalactic sources. Most radio sources are galaxies, supernova remnants, or H II regions.

X-ray source celestial body X-ray A class of celestial objects whose dominant mechanism of energy dissipation is through X-ray emission. Galactic X-ray sources appear optically as starlike objects, peculiar in their ultraviolet intensity, variability (on time scales ranging from milliseconds to weeks), and spectral features. All known compact X-ray sources are members of close binary systems; a current popular model is mass accretion onto a compact object from a massive companion. (Four X-ray sources - all variable - are known to be associated with globular clusters.) The 21 known extended X-ray sources associated with clusters of galaxies seem to be clouds of hot gas trapped in the cluster's gravitational field.

Centaurus A radio source catalog X-ray X-ray source NGC 5128 A strong radio source. Optically, it is an elliptical galaxy with a dark obscuring lane. It is the nearest known violent galaxy. 4 Mpc

Subject	is a kind of	has catalog	has wavelength	is an instance of	has synonym	has definition	has distance
radio source	celestial body	radio source catalog	radio			A source of extraterrestrial radio radiation. The strongest known is Cassiopeia A, followed by Cyg A and the Crab Nebula (Tau A) (the capital letters following the name of a constellation refer to the radio sources of the constellation, A being the strongest source). Radio sources are divided into two main categories: Class I, those associated with our Galaxy (which is a weak radio source), and Class II, extragalactic sources. Most radio sources are galaxies, supernova remnants, or H II regions.
X-ray source	celestial body		X-ray			A class of celestial objects whose dominant mechanism of energy dissipation is through X-ray emission. Galactic X-ray sources appear optically as starlike objects, peculiar in their ultraviolet intensity, variability (on time scales ranging from milliseconds to weeks), and spectral features. All known compact X-ray sources are members of close binary systems; a current popular model is mass accretion onto a compact object from a massive companion. (Four X-ray sources - all variable - are known to be associated with globular clusters.) The 21 known extended X-ray sources associated with clusters of galaxies seem to be clouds of hot gas trapped in the cluster's gravitational field.
Centaurus A		radio source catalog	X-ray	X-ray source	NGC 5128	A strong radio source. Optically, it is an elliptical galaxy with a dark obscuring lane. It is the nearest known violent galaxy.	4 Mpc

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