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Active galaxy M77 (NGC 1068) in Cetus

author: Nasa/ESA/Novapix

reference: a-gax10-68009

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 20 cm

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77 — a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. The streaks of red and blue in the image highlight pockets of star formation along the pinwheeling arms, with dark dust lanes stretching across the galaxy’s starry centre. The galaxy belongs to a class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies, which have highly ionised gas surrounding an intensely active centre.

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2013 - ACTIVE GALAXY - ACTIVE GALAXY NUCLEUS - AGN - ASTRONOMY - BLACK HOLE - CETUS - GALAXY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - M77 - NGC 1068 - SEYFERT GALAXY - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE -