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"The Galaxy’s Eye" — An Actively Growing Supermassive Black Hole

December 29th, 2011

 

                 Ringoffire (1)

NGC 4151 is located about 43 million light years away from the Earth and is one of the nearest galaxies that contains an actively growing black hole. Because of this proximity, it offers one of the best chances of studying the interaction between an active supermassive black hole and the surrounding gas of its host galaxy. 


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