Galáxia Olho de Sauron

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The brightly glowing bar portion of NGC 4151 as seen by Hubble. It is a Seyfert galaxy, which means that it has an actively accreting black hole at its nucleus, which presents itself to us as an intensely bright source. The two brighter portions near the top and bottom of the frame are where the bar terminates, and some fainter spiral arms extend outward from them.

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Galáxia Olho de Sauron (NGC 4151)

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The brightly glowing bar portion of NGC 4151 as seen by Hubble. It is a Seyfert galaxy, which means that it has an actively accreting black hole at its nucleus, which presents itself to us as an intensely bright source. The two brighter portions near the top and bottom of the frame are where the bar terminates, and some fainter spiral arms extend outward from them.

Autor

Judy Schmidt

Data

February 16, 2018

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NGC_4151_-_HST.png

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CC BY