Seyfert galaxy Comparison Table

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Seyfert galaxy comparison table

Subject is part of is a kind of has wavelength has redshift is an instance of has synonym has definition has recession velocity

BLS1 Seyfert galaxy Broad Line Seyfert 1

NGC 1275 celestial sphere X-ray z = 0.0183 X-ray source Abell 426 The strongest known extragalactic X-ray source. Also a strong radio source. Optically it is a Seyfert galaxy with a huge amount (about 10⁸ M_sun) of ionized gas receding from it. 5000 km s^-1

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	has wavelength	has redshift	is an instance of	has synonym	has definition	has recession velocity
BLS1		Seyfert galaxy					Broad Line Seyfert 1
NGC 1275	celestial sphere		X-ray	z = 0.0183	X-ray source	Abell 426	The strongest known extragalactic X-ray source. Also a strong radio source. Optically it is a Seyfert galaxy with a huge amount (about 10⁸ M_sun) of ionized gas receding from it.	5000 km s^-1

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