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The Emission-line Filaments in Centaurus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

G. V. Bicknell
G. V. Bicknell*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Private Bag, Weston ACT 2611
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Abstract

This paper examines recent investigations of emission-line filaments along the edge of the radio source in Centaurus A. It shows how these studies have ramifications for the excitation of the narrow line regions and extended emission-line regions of other active galaxies.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , 1991 , pp. 93 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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