Caldwell 24, also known as Perseus A or NGC 1275, is a galaxy at the core of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies in the constellation Perseus, discovered by the French astronomer Edouard Stephan in 1875. It lies roughly 230 million light-years from Earth, hosts an active supermassive black hole, and is threaded with filaments of glowing gas extending from its disturbed, peculiar structure.
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Constellation CatalogueNew General Catalogue (NGC) 1 Discovery Year In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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2. Wikidata: Caldwell 24
Wikidata Q497687, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source NGC 1275 (Wikipedia)
Caldwell 24, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
NGC 1275 (also known as Perseus A or Caldwell 24) is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located around 225 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Perseus.
NGC 1275, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
NGC 1275 (also known as Perseus A or Caldwell 24) is a type 1.5 Seyfert galaxy located around 225 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Perseus.
- In Group: Elliptical Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: cD (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Elliptical Galaxies
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