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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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