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Seyfert galaxy Definition

☆ Sey·fert galaxy (sē′fərt)

noun

any of a number of spiral galaxies with a small, intensely bright nucleus and a spectrum with strong, broad spectral lines

Etymology: after Carl K. Seyfert, U.S. astronomer who discovered them in the 1940s

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