An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.
Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.
Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.
All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category
Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.
A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.
A collection of illustrations, animations and video.
Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.
Q&A: Galaxies, Galaxy Clusters, AGN, and Quasars

Q:
Our group very interested in outstanding phenomena, such as Centaurus A. And we would like to receive more facts and information about this (pure scientific info.: mass of the star, radius of the star, distance from Earth, type, etc.).

A:
The Chandra results have not been published yet, but some basic information can be found in:
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9907378
and F. Israel, 1998A&ARv...8..237I

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