The Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97-G13) is a Seyfert galaxy in the constellation of Circinus. It is located 4 degrees below the Galactic plane, and, at a distance...
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nebula NGC 5315. Circinus hosts a notable spiral galaxy, the Circinus Galaxy, discovered in 1977; it is the closest Seyfert galaxy to the Milky Way....
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Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way galaxy)
The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the...
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and circles Circinus (constellation), a small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy, also known...
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Seyfert galaxies: Circinus Galaxy, which has rings of gas ejected from its center Centaurus A or NGC 5128, apparently the brightest Seyfert galaxy as seen...
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following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order...
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This is a list of known galaxies within 3.8 megaparsecs (12.4 million light-years) of the Solar System, in ascending order of heliocentric distance, or...
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A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy characterized by a central bulge of old Population II stars surrounded by a rotating disc of younger Population I stars...
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Local Volume (category Galaxies)
galaxies or particular galaxies such as Centaurus A, the Bode galaxy (M81), the Cigar galaxy (M82), the Circinus galaxy, the Southern Pinwheel galaxy...
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Ionization cone (category Galaxies)
prevalence of Seyfert galaxies, ionization cones are thought to be present only in a small fraction of galaxies. The Circinus Galaxy, which is the closest...
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