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Spiral Galaxy M10615 viewsDiscovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, M106 is a large bright galaxy located in Canes Venatici. It is one of the closest Seyfert galaxies to us at around 25 million light-years away. Seyfert galaxies have active galactic nuclei thought to powered by supermassive black holes at their centre - sort of a tame quasar! The companion galaxy is NGC 4217. DR
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Seyfert Galaxy NGC 415113 viewsAlthough the observatory is now enjoying its summer break there is still a backlog of images to process. NGC 4151 was one of the first Seyfert Galaxies to be discovered. The Seyferts are characterised by active galactic nuclei (AGN) which are very bright both in the optical and X-ray bands together with broad emission lines. They are powered by black holes at their centres and are believed to be similar to quasars but of somewhat lower energy. DR
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