An image in the lower right shows the bright core of Centaurus A, a bright white region, surounded by red patches immediately to the upper left and lower right of the core. On the left, a white square in the Wide Field shows a Hubble image of the center of Centaurus A, a bright yellow glowing region filled with dark dust lanes.

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The infrared image in the lower right, taken by Hubble’s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), shows the bright core of Centaurus A (bright white region) with an apparent disk of glowing hot gas (red patches immediately to the upper left and lower right of the core). On the left, a white square in the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) image of the center of Centaurus A shows the area covered by the NICMOS image.

Credits: E.J. Schreier (STScI) and NASA; Team members: Ethan J. Schreier, Alessandro Marconi, David J. Axon, Nicola Caon, Duccio Macchetto (STScI), Alessandro Capetti (Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy), James H. Hough, Stuart Young (University of Hertfordshire, UK), and Chris Packham (Isaac Newton Group, Islas Canarias, Spain)
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Image CreditE.J. Schreier (STScI) and NASA; Team members: Ethan J. Schreier, Alessandro Marconi, David J. Axon, Nicola Caon, Duccio Macchetto (STScI), Alessandro Capetti (Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy), James H. Hough, Stuart Young (University of Hertfordshire, UK), and Chris Packham (Isaac Newton Group, Islas Canarias, Spain)
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