CENTAURUS_A
A full understanding of the AGN that drive the most powerful jets - those that reshape clusters and galaxies - requires that we study the accretion disk in such systems. However, in most cases, the accretion inflow is obscured, hidden, or otherwise inaccessible. Cen A is a nearby radio galaxy (d=3.8 Mpc) with dramatic bipolar jets; it is the brightest such galaxy in the 4-10~keV band, and its spectra show the strongest narrow Fe~Ka emission line among radio-loud AGN. It is possible to associate the narrow Fe line with the elusive optical BLR, and some spectra hint at ultra-fast, v~0.1c winds. Resolve spectroscopy of Cen A will reveal the inner and intermediate disk in the jet mode, and reveal the properties of slow and ultra-fast disk winds.
obsid = 300019010 / Unique Observation/Sequence Number
object = CENTAURUS_A / Object name
pi_name = Collaboration XRISM / Proposal Principal Investigator Name
ra = 201.365118769792 / Right Ascension (Pointing Position) (deg)
dec = -43.0190048127696 / Declination (Pointing Position) (deg)
roll_angle = 299.972795506716 / Roll Angle (deg)
start_time = 2024-08-04T19:17:04 / Start Time of the Observation
stop_time = 2024-08-09T16:24:04 / Stop Time of the Observation
exposure = 227985.99999659 / Effective Total Observation Exposure (s)
public_date= 2025-08-31 / Public Date