Seyfert Galaxies
NGC 1566
Circinus Galaxy
Unusual spiral galaxies:
•
Very bright cores
•
Emission line spectra.
•
Variability: ~ 50 % in a few months
Most likely power source:
Accretion onto a supermassive
black hole
(~10
7
– 10
8
M
sun
)
NGC 7742
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