Seyfert Galaxy · M77

M77 — NGC 1068

M77 is one of the nearest and best-studied Seyfert galaxies — spiral galaxies with an unusually bright and active nucleus powered by a supermassive black hole consuming surrounding matter. Located 47 million light-years away in Cetus, its a

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