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Circinus Galaxy

(ESO 97-G13, LEDA 50779)
(nearest Seyfert galaxy)

The Circinus Galaxy (ESO 97-G13 or LEDA 50779) is a Seyfert galaxy in the Local Sheet, about thirteen million light-years away, that is one of the Council of Giants (12 sizable galaxies near the Local Group). Characteristics:

(galaxy,Seyfert)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circinus_Galaxy
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Circinus+Galaxy
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/circinus-galaxy-hubble-and-webb/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998ApJ...493..650M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014A%26A...563A..82T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023Sci...382..554I/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026A%26A...705A.242B/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
.00094Mpc13.0MlyCircinus Galaxy
Coordinates:ESO 97-G13
J141309.9643-652020.731

Referenced by pages:
Council of Giants
ESO/Uppsala Survey of the ESO (B) Atlas
galaxy classification
Index