Pictor A
| Pictor A | |
|---|---|
Image from Chandra X-ray Observatory showing a jet of plasma emanating from Pictor A | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 19m 49.721s |
| Declination | −45° 46′ 43.85″ |
| Redshift | 0.03498 ± 0.00005 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 10487 ± 15 km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.77 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 16.64 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | 19.2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S00 |
| 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 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 300,000 light-years away.