Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3303  ·  M 84  ·  M 86  ·  NGC 4374  ·  NGC 4387  ·  NGC 4388  ·  NGC 4406  ·  NGC 4413
Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy, Stephen Kennedy
Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy
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Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy

Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy, Stephen Kennedy
Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy
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Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy

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This is a single unguided, unprocessed 150 second exposure of part of the Virgo Cluster. It does not look like much but it shows a very interesting object, NGC4388. This is a Seyfort Galaxy which shares some similarities with Quasars due to AGNs. Even though its distance is at least 15 MPC it is believed to be the closest Seyfort galaxy to Earth.

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Virgo Cluster Seyfort Galaxy, Stephen Kennedy