@Polaris 20 March 2021 more from that month

Shinin' bright. 🌟 LOOK: NASA shares photos of Centaurus A, the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky. The photos show the galaxy in visible light, X-ray light, infrared light, and radio light. Centaurus A is a giant of a galaxy, but its appearances in telescope observations can be deceiving. Dark dust lanes and young blue star clusters are apparent in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light, painting a fairly subdued landscape. But by switching to X-ray and radio light views, a far more raucous scene begins to unfold: Spectacular jets of material have erupted from its active supermassive black hole—known as an active galactic nucleus—sending material into space well beyond the galaxy’s limits. Photos from NASA Instagram 📸 #Astronomia