NGC 6251

id: ngc-6251-245-10463896
title: NGC 6251
text: NGC 6251 is an active supergiant elliptical radio galaxy in the constellation Ursa Minor, and is more than 340 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy has a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus, and is one of the most extreme examples of a Seyfert galaxy. This galaxy may be associated with gamma-ray source 3EG J1621+8203, which has high-energy gamma-ray emission. It is also noted for its one-sided radio jet—one of the brightest known—discovered in 1977. The supermassive black hole at the co
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description: Seyfert galaxy in the constellation Ursa Minor
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6251
date created:
date modified: 2023-05-14T11:50:48Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/NGC_6251HST.jpg","width":3000,"height":2400}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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