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Elliptical galaxy NGC 1275 in Perseus

author: R.Jay GaBany/Novapix

reference: a-gax12-75004

Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 10 cm

At a distance of 230 million light-years, NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The red filaments are composed of cool gas being suspended by a magnetic field, and are surrounded by the 100-million-degree Fahrenheit hot gas in the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. The filaments are dramatic markers of the feedback process through which energy is transferred from the central massive black hole to the surrounding gas. The filaments originate when cool gas is transported from the center of the galaxy by radio bubbles that rise in the hot interstellar gas.

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2009 - ACTIVE GALAXY - ASTRONOMY - BLACK HOLE - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALACTIC BLACK HOLE - GALAXY - MAGNETIC FIELD - NGC 1275 - PERSEUS - SEYFERT GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE -