Pictor A | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 |
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]