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    Active and Inactive Galaxies: OCTOBER 2, 2019

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    This document discusses different types of galaxies. It describes active galaxies as having a bright emission core at their center that is fueled by material falling into a supermassive black hole. The document outlines Seyfert galaxies, quasars, and blazars as types of active galaxies seen from different distances. It also briefly mentions inactive galaxies have supermassive black holes that are not actively feeding.

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    This document discusses different types of galaxies. It describes active galaxies as having a bright emission core at their center that is fueled by material falling into a supermassive black hole. The document outlines Seyfert galaxies, quasars, and blazars as types of active galaxies seen from different distances. It also briefly mentions inactive galaxies have supermassive black holes that are not actively feeding.

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    This document discusses different types of galaxies. It describes active galaxies as having a bright emission core at their center that is fueled by material falling into a supermassive black hole. The document outlines Seyfert galaxies, quasars, and blazars as types of active galaxies seen from different distances. It also briefly mentions inactive galaxies have supermassive black holes that are not actively feeding.

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    Active and Inactive Galaxies: OCTOBER 2, 2019

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    Active and

    Inactive
    Galaxies
    PRESENTED BY: AINAH S. DIMASANGKA

    OCTOBER 2, 2019
    What are
    active
    galaxies?
    ACTIVE GALAXIES
    are galaxies that have a small core
    of emission embedded at the center
    of an otherwise typical galaxy. This
    core is typically highly variable and
    very bright compared to the rest of
    the galaxy (NASA, 2016).
    Components :
    ACTIVE GALAXIES

    Most, if not all, normal galaxies have a


    supermassive black hole
    at their center. In an active galaxy, its
    supermassive black hole is
    accreting material from the galaxy's dense
    central region. As the
    material falls in toward the black hole,
    angular momentum will cause it to spiral in
    and form into a disk. This disk, called an
    accretion disk, heats up due to the
    gravitational and frictional forces at work.
    What are the types of active
    galaxies?

    THESE TYPES OF GALAXY VIEW


    FROM DIFFERENT DISTANCES
    AND PERSPECTIVES.
    SEYFERT GALAXY
    A Seyfert galaxy is an active spiral galaxy. Its nucleus
    (center) has bright emission lines, including visible
    wavelengths. The brightness varies over relatively
    short time periods (less than a year). They may have
    massive black holes at their centers. Seyfert galaxies
    were first described by Carl Seyfert in 1943.
    QUASAR
    A quasar (more recently known as a QSO, Quasi-
    Stellar Object) is a distant star-sized energy source in
    space with an excess of ultraviolet radiation. Some of
    these QSO's gives off large amounts of radiation,
    including radio waves and X-rays (but some are radio-
    quiet). The word quasar is short for quasi-stellar radio
    objects. Quasars were discovered by Allan R.
    Sandage in 1964.

    BLAZAR
    A blazar is a type of extreme quasar.

    RADIO GALAXY
    A radio galaxy is a galaxy that emits radio waves.
    Inactive
    Galaxies
    have supermassive black holes
    in quiescence- like a satiated
    cosmic beast, they sleep in
    between meals. Examples
    include our Milky Way galaxy

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