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N galaxy

(galaxy with bright nucleus and faint surroundings)

The term N galaxy is used for a galaxy with a bright nucleus with faint red surroundings. The term is a Morgan classification, an alternative galaxy classification to Hubble's. N galaxies are generally elliptical galaxies with active galactic nuclei.


(galaxy type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_morphological_classification#Yerkes_(or_Morgan)_scheme
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/N/N_galaxy.html
http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Glossary/Glossary_N.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976ApJ...206..355S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJ...198....7S/abstract

Referenced by page:
Morgan classification

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