# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnMj1_pakL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733595-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-19T19:42:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

In dust we trust. 😎⁣
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Centaurus A is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky -- making it an ideal target for amateur astronomers -- and is famous for the dust lane across its middle and a giant jet blasting away from the supermassive black hole at its center! ⁣
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📸Swipe left to peel back the layers of this image and see Centaurus A picture in visible light, X-ray light, infrared light, and radio light. ⁣
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Each light wavelength tells us something different! Dark dust lanes and young blue star clusters, which crisscross its central region, can be seen in visible and near-infrared light. But by switching to X-ray and radio light views, a much more active scene unfolds: spectacular jets of material have erupted from its active supermassive black hole sending material into space well beyond the galaxy's limits.⁣
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What’s next for this galaxy you might ask? Being viewed in high-definition by our NASASolarSystem’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stay tuned! ⁣
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Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; optical: Rolf Olsen; infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/Univ.Hertfordshire/M.Hardcastle⁣
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#Galaxies #NASA #XRay #BlackHole #StarStuff #LookUp⁣

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