Pictor A
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| image from Chandra X-ray Observatory showing a jet of plasma emanating from Pictor A | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 |
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| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 19m 49.7s |
| Declination | −45° 46′ 44″ |
| Apparent dimension (V) | {{{appdim_v}}} |
Pictor A, around 485 million light-years away in the constellation Pictor, is a double-lobed radio galaxy and a powerful source of radio waves in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. From a supermassive black hole at its centre, a relativistic jet shoots out to an X-ray hot spot 800,000 light years away.
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