Category:Active galactic nuclei
Appearance
compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion – and possibly all – of the electromagnetic spectrum | |||||
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Subcategories
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
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- 1ES 1927+654 (5 F)
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- 2XMM J100013.9+022248 (2 F)
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- Arp 220 (30 F)
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- ESO 185-13 (2 F)
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- Infinity Galaxy (7 F)
- IRAS F00183-7111 (1 F)
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- Markarian 462 (2 F)
- MCG-03-34-064 (8 F)
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- NGC 1700 (13 F)
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- SDSS 1335+0728 (4 F)
Media in category "Active galactic nuclei"
The following 200 files are in this category, out of 229 total.
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4C+28.38.jpg 1,168 × 942; 848 KB
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A Black Hole in Medusa's Hair A galaxy lies about 110 million light years away..jpg 2,400 × 2,404; 2.07 MB
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A Cosmic Searchlight (2004-15-1523).jpg 640 × 800; 42 KB
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A Pair of Merging Black Holes (Artist's Concept) (2024-022).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 7.67 MB
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A Pair of Merging Black Holes (Artist's Concept) (2024-022).tiff 3,840 × 2,160; 15.86 MB
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A Survey of Quasar Host Galaxies (2005-12-1688).jpg 600 × 463; 76 KB
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Active Black Hole Squashes Star Formation.jpg 4,500 × 3,600; 1.85 MB
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Active Galactic Nucleus Model.png 288 × 236; 37 KB
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Active Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time (2023-114).png 3,840 × 2,456; 1.69 MB
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Active Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time (2023-114).tiff 16,000 × 10,231; 48.81 MB
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Active supermassive black holes across cosmic time (CEERS6).jpg 15,998 × 10,230; 6.46 MB
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Animation of objects orbiting the centre of the Milky Way.ogv 40 s, 1,280 × 720; 13.85 MB
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Artist’s illustration of dwarf galaxy with active galactic nucleus (noirlab2508a).jpg 5,120 × 2,880; 2.38 MB
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Artist’s illustration of dwarf galaxy with active galactic nucleus (noirlab2508a).tiff 5,120 × 2,880; 84.4 MB
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Artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy.webm 16 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 2.11 MB
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Artist’s Impression of Milky Way Inflows and Outflows (2019-46-4570).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 798 KB
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Artist’s Impression of Milky Way Inflows and Outflows (2019-46-4570).pdf 8,000 × 4,500; 15.29 MB
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Artist’s Impression of Milky Way Inflows and Outflows (2019-46-4570).png 3,840 × 2,160; 8.55 MB
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Artist’s Impression of Milky Way Inflows and Outflows (2019-46-4570).tif 3,840 × 2,160; 9.82 MB
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At the Source of an Extragalactic Jet (1999-43-918).jpg 792 × 700; 196 KB
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B3 1308+326 Pan-STARRS i.r.g.jpg 497 × 492; 107 KB
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Baby Burp in Galaxy's Core (Core View) (opo0128c).tiff 434 × 434; 296 KB
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BL Lacertae Pan-STARRS DR1.jpg 1,280 × 1,280; 918 KB
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Black Hole Existed 570 Million Years After Big Bang (NIRSpec MSA Emission Spectrum) (2023-114).tiff 14,442 × 10,542; 123.67 MB
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Black Hole Pair Embedded in Middle of Active Galaxy MCG-03-34-064 (2024-022).png 2,118 × 1,696; 4.4 MB
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Black Hole Pair Embedded in Middle of Active Galaxy MCG-03-34-064 (2024-022).tiff 2,118 × 1,696; 5.57 MB
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Bllac not.jpg 904 × 866; 480 KB
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Braided Galactic Jet (1991-01-32).tif 3,200 × 2,349; 15.52 MB
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Burst of Star Formation Drives Bubble in Galaxy NGC 3079's Core (2001-28-1096).jpg 2,925 × 2,025; 2.01 MB
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Burst of Star Formation Drives Bubble in Galaxy NGC 3079's Core (2001-28-1096).tiff 2,925 × 2,025; 9.56 MB
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Candidate AGN Extended Emission-line Regions in the Rubin Virgo Field.jpg 1,037 × 1,310; 1.43 MB
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Catch Supermassive Black Hole Burping - Twice in SDSS J135429.05+132757.2.png 3,888 × 2,917; 9.73 MB
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Centaurus A- the Inside Story (1998-14-648).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 459 KB
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Chandra Deep Field South - active galactic nuclei.jpeg 600 × 600; 667 KB
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Compass Image for J0439+1634 (2019-03-4299).png 914 × 876; 639 KB
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Compass Image for J0439+1634 (2019-03-4299).tif 914 × 876; 553 KB
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Compass Image for Merging Galaxies (2018-28-4239).png 2,422 × 2,117; 7.23 MB
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Compass Image for Merging Galaxies (2018-28-4239).tif 2,422 × 2,117; 7.17 MB
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Compass Image of J0742+2704 (2025-004).png 1,876 × 1,876; 3.37 MB
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Compass Image of J0742+2704 (2025-004).tiff 1,876 × 1,876; 2.86 MB
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Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey (NIRCam Image) (2023-114).png 46,200 × 15,400; 510.5 MB
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Cosmic Web and Slime Mold (2020-11-4635).png 3,531 × 2,538; 4.73 MB
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Cosmic Web and Slime Mold (2020-11-4635).tif 3,531 × 2,538; 5.02 MB
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DES-DR1 image of PKS 0451-28.jpg 851 × 823; 70 KB
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Details from ACS Image of NGC 3370- Center of Galaxy (opo0324e).jpg 600 × 600; 64 KB
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Diagram of Mini-Jet in Center of Milky Way Galaxy (2021-062).png 1,920 × 1,080; 3.39 MB
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Diagram of Mini-Jet in Center of Milky Way Galaxy (2021-062).tiff 3,840 × 2,160; 14.3 MB
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Distant Galaxy Samples Near Quasar J0100+2802 (NIRCam Image) (2023-122).png 1,200 × 800; 3.08 MB
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Distant Galaxy Samples Near Quasar J0100+2802 (NIRCam Image) (EIGER2).tiff 1,200 × 800; 5.09 MB
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DSS image of PKS 0405-385.jpg 1,121 × 770; 45 KB
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DSS image of PKS 0458-020.jpg 1,666 × 838; 92 KB
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DSS image of PKS 0736+017.jpg 821 × 563; 42 KB
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DSS image of PKS 1510-089.jpg 935 × 627; 44 KB
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DSS image of PKS 1610-771.jpg 1,118 × 693; 70 KB
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DSS image of PKS 1622-297.jpg 1,047 × 587; 55 KB
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DSS image of PKS 2142-758.jpg 1,372 × 703; 84 KB
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DSS image of PKS J0116-4722.jpg 1,291 × 795; 56 KB
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DSS image of QSO B1823+568.jpg 1,652 × 808; 114 KB
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Dust Disk Fuels Black Hole in Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4261 (1992-27-82).jpg 2,615 × 1,941; 508 KB
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Dust Disk Fuels Black Hole in Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4261 (1992-27-82).tiff 2,615 × 1,941; 10.58 MB
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Dust Disk Surrounds a Massive Black Hole in Elliptical Galaxy NGC 7052 (1998-22-680).pdf 1,650 × 1,275, 2 pages; 520 KB
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Dwarf AGN Candidates Scatter Plot (noirlab2508d).jpg 1,344 × 1,108; 216 KB
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Dwarf AGN Candidates Scatter Plot (noirlab2508d).tiff 1,344 × 1,108; 160 KB
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Dwarf Galaxy AGN Candidates (noirlab2508b).jpg 2,263 × 1,130; 254 KB
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Dwarf Galaxy AGN Candidates (noirlab2508b).tiff 2,263 × 1,130; 14.65 MB
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Emission of the galaxy BzK-15504 (eso0631a).jpg 2,358 × 2,598; 384 KB
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Emission of the galaxy BzK-15504 (eso0631a).tiff 2,358 × 2,598; 1.18 MB
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Emmaalexander unified agn.png 968 × 834; 324 KB
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Faint, distant cluster of galaxies (eso0212a).jpg 1,250 × 1,210; 1.06 MB
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Faint, distant cluster of galaxies (eso0212a).tiff 1,250 × 1,210; 2.61 MB
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Galaxies AGN Inner-Structure-of-ca.jpg 400 × 338; 23 KB
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Galaxies in the Young Universe (1994-52-247).jpg 800 × 600; 84 KB
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Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole.jpg 665 × 403; 30 KB
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Galaxy M84 nucleus (opo9712a).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 416 KB
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Galaxy M84 Nucleus (opo9712b).jpg 571 × 645; 58 KB
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Galaxy M84 Nucleus (opo9712b).tiff 571 × 645; 233 KB
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Galaxy M84 Nucleus (opo9712c).jpg 605 × 600; 58 KB
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Galaxy M84 Nucleus (opo9712c).tiff 605 × 600; 109 KB
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Gravitational Lensing Splits Quasar Light into Five Images (2006-23-1930).jpg 1,500 × 1,500; 317 KB
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GSN 069 full.jpg 267 × 189; 2 KB
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Hidden black holes revealed in GOODS field (opo0419a).jpg 2,400 × 3,000; 406 KB
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HS 0810+2554 SDSS.jpg 1,591 × 929; 297 KB
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HST image of a galaxy's Nucleus (opo9008a).jpg 1,401 × 727; 324 KB
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Hubble views a supermassive black hole burping — twice.jpg 933 × 700; 182 KB
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Hubble's 100,000th Exposure Captures Image of Distant Quasar (1996-25-435).jpg 2,057 × 2,797; 504 KB
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Hubble+Chandra- Object -3 53 057987-27 833524 (opo0419b).tiff 600 × 600; 1.06 MB
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Hubble+Chandra- Object -7 53 215169-27 870226 (opo0419d).jpg 600 × 600; 333 KB
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Hubble+Chandra- Object -7 53 215169-27 870226 (opo0419d).tiff 600 × 600; 1.06 MB
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IERS B1946+708 PanSTARRS i.r.g.jpg 498 × 497; 96 KB
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IERS B2352+495 PanSTARRS i.r.g.jpg 495 × 495; 79 KB
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Illustration of Active Galactic Nucleus (2007-agns - accretiondisk torus).tiff 2,550 × 3,300; 7.21 MB
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Illustration of Strong Gravitational Lensing (2020-05-4617).jpg 4,096 × 2,160; 932 KB
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Image of 1ES 1741+196.jpg 682 × 752; 109 KB
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Image of 1ES 1959+650.jpg 740 × 772; 139 KB
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Image of 3C 138.jpg 1,055 × 767; 44 KB
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Image of 4C +28.07.jpg 1,586 × 845; 80 KB
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Image of AO 0235+164.jpg 723 × 758; 46 KB
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Image of DA 193.jpg 1,227 × 768; 70 KB
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Image of H1426+428.jpg 608 × 761; 60 KB
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Image of IRAS F17179+5444.png 1,439 × 839; 552 KB
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Image of J1000+1242.jpg 650 × 652; 38 KB
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Image of Markarian 478.png 1,643 × 809; 980 KB
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Image of NRAO 530.jpg 642 × 696; 34 KB
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Image of OQ 172.jpg 961 × 622; 74 KB
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Image of PKS 0208-512.jpg 766 × 522; 29 KB
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Image of PKS 0346-27.png 1,530 × 804; 496 KB
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Image of PKS 0420-014.jpg 1,217 × 697; 60 KB
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Image of PKS 0454-234.jpg 1,571 × 847; 69 KB
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Image of PKS 0537-441.jpg 877 × 583; 33 KB
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Image of PKS 0735+178.jpg 936 × 612; 38 KB
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Image of PKS 1424-418.jpg 842 × 712; 54 KB
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Image of PKS 2004-447.jpg 903 × 756; 45 KB
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Image of QSO B0153+744.jpg 1,026 × 617; 37 KB
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Image of RX J1633.3+4718.jpg 857 × 745; 73 KB
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Image of S5 1803+784.jpg 717 × 742; 70 KB
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Image of S5 2007+777.jpg 1,577 × 805; 186 KB
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Image of SDSS J1010+1413.jpg 690 × 762; 55 KB
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Infrared Galaxy Gallery (1999-10-783).pdf 1,650 × 1,275; 1.56 MB
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Intergalactic Absorbtion Clouds (1992-04-54).jpg 2,700 × 2,118; 267 KB
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Intergalactic Absorbtion Clouds (1992-04-54).tif 2,700 × 2,118; 13.09 MB
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IRAS 12112+0305 SDSS.jpg 1,304 × 654; 171 KB
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J1000+0234 EELR.jpg 1,104 × 1,104; 403 KB
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Little Red Dots (NIRCam Image) (2025-101).png 1,548 × 1,032; 5.3 MB
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Little Red Dots (NIRCam Image) ESA505428.jpg 1,548 × 1,032; 195 KB
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Little Red Dots (NIRCam Image) ESA505428.tiff 1,548 × 1,032; 9.13 MB
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Location of 7 AGN in GOODS-CDF-S (opo0419g).jpg 532 × 658; 102 KB
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M87.jpg 521 × 281; 228 KB
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Map of Region (1992-16-66).jpg 327 × 390; 14 KB
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Map of Region (1992-16-66).tiff 1,579 × 1,672; 547 KB
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Maps of BzK-15504 (eso0631b).tiff 2,508 × 1,620; 2.48 MB
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MCG-03-13-063.png 2,150 × 2,150; 3.38 MB
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NGC 3830 SDSS.jpg 748 × 544; 141 KB
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NGC 4435 with nucleus Hubble.jpg 1,600 × 1,600; 945 KB
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NICMOS Pa-alpha-continuum composite (1998-14-647).jpg 313 × 313; 46 KB
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NRAO 190 SDSS image.jpg 1,649 × 764; 109 KB
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OH 471 Pan-STARRS i.r.g.jpg 495 × 499; 82 KB
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Pan-STARRS image of PKS 0605-085.jpg 1,562 × 840; 452 KB
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PG 1612+261 SDSS image.jpg 1,160 × 607; 88 KB
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PGC 69346.png 1,707 × 1,586; 2.56 MB
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PKS 0215+015 SDSS.jpg 1,496 × 854; 223 KB
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PKS 1335-127 Pan-STARRS DR1.jpg 1,247 × 773; 280 KB
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PKS 1614+051 SDSS.jpg 1,638 × 839; 175 KB
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PKS 1921-293 PanSTARRS i.r.g.jpg 490 × 497; 50 KB
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PKS 2155 30 (eso9003l).jpg 2,412 × 2,861; 1.16 MB
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PKS 2155 30 (eso9003l).tif 2,412 × 2,861; 5.22 MB
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PMN J0948+0022 SDSS image.jpg 1,461 × 835; 187 KB
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Probing a Quasar's Home (2004-15-1521).jpg 600 × 368; 55 KB
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PSZ1 G311 65-18 48 (2019-58-4583).tif 5,290 × 4,722; 37.68 MB
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QSO B0133+476 SDSS.jpg 1,186 × 781; 139 KB
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QSO B1150+812 PanSTARRS i.r.g.jpg 498 × 498; 105 KB
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QSO B1611+343 SDSS.jpg 1,407 × 711; 163 KB
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QSO B1823+568 Pan-STARRS image.png 1,568 × 805; 2.79 MB
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Quasar 3C 273 (2024-024).png 1,084 × 1,400; 2 MB
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Quasar 3C 273 Compass Image (2024-024).png 1,084 × 1,400; 2.02 MB
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Quasar 3C 273 Compass Image (2024-024).tiff 1,084 × 1,400; 2.09 MB
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Quasar in the Early Universe (Illustration) (2021-056-01FMN1ZWWC3BKFWP8GJY9GRNFQ).jpeg 3,840 × 2,160; 1.95 MB
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Quasar in the Early Universe (Illustration) (2021-056-01FMN1ZWWC3BKFWP8GJY9GRNFQ).tiff 3,840 × 2,160; 16.08 MB
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Radio galaxy 3C 356.jpg 1,102 × 787; 174 KB
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Radio galaxy 3C 454.1.jpg 1,288 × 907; 192 KB
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Radio galaxy 3C324 (opo9530b).jpg 125 × 225; 21 KB
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Radio galaxy 3C368 (opo9530c).jpg 105 × 210; 17 KB
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Radio Galaxy 4C41 17 (1992-26-80).tiff 3,061 × 1,657; 2.72 MB
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Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36 - Ground-based View (1990-16-19).jpg 3,000 × 2,400; 800 KB
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Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36 - Ground-based View (1990-16-19).tif 3,000 × 2,400; 20.61 MB
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Rxj1242 comp.jpg 540 × 637; 149 KB
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RXJ1301.jpg 984 × 970; 282 KB
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Scenario for Mysterious Light Beams from Active Galaxy (2020-58-4781).png 4,000 × 3,200; 6.89 MB
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Scenario for Mysterious Light Beams from Active Galaxy (2020-58-4781).tif 4,000 × 3,200; 7.97 MB
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SDSS image of 4C +01.02.jpg 1,249 × 901; 157 KB
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SDSS image of PKS 0634-20.jpg 1,488 × 799; 191 KB
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SDSS J131642.90+175332.5.jpg 917 × 633; 65 KB
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SDSS-084759.90+124159.3.jpg 1,594 × 1,500; 1.24 MB
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Simulated Infrared Images from Webb and Hubble (2020-51-4754-Image).png 1,149 × 1,233; 127 KB
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Simulation of gas cloud approaching the black hole at the centre of the Milky way.jpg 4,000 × 2,250; 3.36 MB
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Simulation of gas cloud approaching the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.ogv 31 s, 1,280 × 720; 2.38 MB
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Spectra from faint, distant galaxies (eso0212b).jpg 999 × 680; 159 KB
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Spectra from faint, distant galaxies (eso0212b).tiff 999 × 680; 189 KB
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Spectrum of gas disc in active galaxy M87 (opo9423b).tiff 800 × 800; 474 KB
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 3593 in Infrared (1999-10-785).tiff 492 × 492; 718 KB
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 5653 in Infrared (1999-10-787).jpg 492 × 492; 194 KB
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 5653 in Infrared (1999-10-787).tiff 492 × 492; 718 KB
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Spiral Gas Disk in Active Galaxy M87 (1994-23-159).jpg 792 × 612; 103 KB
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Spitzer+Chandra- Object -3 53 057987-27 833524 (opo0419c).jpg 600 × 600; 54 KB
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Spitzer+Chandra- Object -3 53 057987-27 833524 (opo0419c).tiff 600 × 600; 1.06 MB
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Spitzer+Chandra- Object -7 53 215169-27 870226 (opo0419e).jpg 600 × 600; 63 KB
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Spitzer+Chandra- Object -7 53 215169-27 870226 (opo0419e).tiff 600 × 600; 1.06 MB