galactic nucleus in a sentence
Examples
- Triangulum is classified as unbarred, but an analysis of the galaxy shape shows what may be a weak bar-like structure about the galactic nucleus.
- The " A " is assigned when the galactic nucleus lacks a bar-shaped structure, in contrast to " SB " class barred spiral galaxies.
- See active galactic nucleus for the general article on the bright centers of galaxies .-- 140.247.240.131 14 : 45, 14 June 2007 ( UTC)
- Slightly fainter is NGC 5921, a barred spiral galaxy with a LINER-type active galactic nucleus situated somewhat closer at a distance of 21 megaparsecs.
- The bright nucleus indicates the presence of an active galactic nucleus-a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at the center, accreting matter from the bar.
- A third possibility is that the halo formation was truncated as a result of early feedback from the active galactic nucleus at the core of M87.
- It has a heterogeneous halo of extremely hot gas, posited to be due to the active galactic nucleus at the core of the central elliptical galaxy.
- The central cD galaxy of the cluster hosts an active galactic nucleus, which is powered by a central supermassive black hole like those of other galaxies.
- This assumes the quasar is radiating energy in all directions, but the active galactic nucleus is believed to be radiating preferentially in the direction of its jet.
- An active galactic nucleus ( AGN ) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a higher than normal luminosity over portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.