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This site discusses the different types of active galacties: Double-Lobed radio galaxies, Seyfert Galaxies, BL Lac Objects, and quasars.   These pages discuss the structure, components, behavior, and provide an image or diagram for each type.  It also provides information about the role black holes may have in understanding active galaxies and an image of a suspected black hole at core of a NGC4261.  This site ends with a short quiz.
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Astronomy
- Galaxies
= Active Galaxies
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
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= Tutorial
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Keywords:
BL Lac Objects, Double-Lobed Radio galaxies, Quasars, Seyfert Galaxies
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Metadata instance created March 9, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
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February 8, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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University of Maryland Astronomy Department, (2004), WWW Document, (http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/actgal.html).
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University of Maryland Astronomy Department, Introductory Astronomy: Active Galaxies (2004), <http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/actgal.html>.
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University of Maryland Astronomy Department. (2004). Introductory Astronomy: Active Galaxies. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/actgal.html
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University of Maryland Astronomy Department. Introductory Astronomy: Active Galaxies. 2004. http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/actgal.html (accessed 4 December 2024).
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University of Maryland Astronomy Department. Introductory Astronomy: Active Galaxies. 2004. 4 Dec. 2024 <http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/actgal.html>.
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