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Quasars & Active Galaxies

-Galaxies with unusually energetic activity, including high-energy jets, that is related to a central supermassive black hole.

M87M87 (05 Aug 08)
Centaurus ACentaurus A (09 Jan 08)
3C3213C321 (17 Dec 07)
CL 0542-4100CL 0542-4100 (24 Jul 07)
CL 0848.6+4453CL 0848.6+4453 (24 Jul 07)
NGC 1365NGC 1365 (12 Apr 07)
NGC 4258NGC 4258 (10 Apr 07)
3C442A3C442A (29 Mar 07)
Bootes FieldBootes Field (12 Mar 07)
M87M87 (05 Oct 06)
3C2733C273 (20 Jun 06)
3C 75 in Abell 4003C 75 in Abell 400 (06 Apr 06)
4C37.434C37.43 (23 Mar 06)
Mkn 421Mkn 421 (02 Feb 05)
SDSSp J1306SDSSp J1306 (22 Nov 04)
M87 CoreM87 Core (29 Oct 04)
Cloverleaf QuasarCloverleaf Quasar (06 Jul 04)
M87M87 (10 May 04)
GB1508+5714GB1508+5714 (17 Nov 03)
NGC 1068NGC 1068 (09 Jul 03)
4C41.174C41.17 (21 May 03)
3C2943C294 (21 May 03)
Centaurus A JetCentaurus A Jet (23 Apr 03)
APM 08279+5255APM 08279+5255 (25 Mar 03)
Abell 2104Abell 2104 (13 Sep 02)
Centaurus A ArcsCentaurus A Arcs (07 Aug 02)
SDSS 0836+0054SDSS 0836+0054 (28 Mar 02)
SDSS 1030+0524SDSS 1030+0524 (28 Mar 02)
SDSS 1306+0356SDSS 1306+0356 (28 Mar 02)
Quasar Pair Q2345+007 A, BQuasar Pair Q2345+007 A, B (13 Mar 02)
PKS 1127-145PKS 1127-145 (06 Feb 02)
M87 JetM87 Jet (26 Sep 01)
Centaurus ACentaurus A (06 Aug 01)
BALQSO SurveyBALQSO Survey (29 May 01)
Circinus GalaxyCircinus Galaxy (14 May 01)
3C2943C294 (15 Feb 01)
Quasar RX J0911.4+0551Quasar RX J0911.4+0551 (06 Nov 00)
Cygnus ACygnus A (06 Nov 00)
3C2733C273 (06 Nov 00)
Pictor APictor A (06 Jun 00)
NGC 4151NGC 4151 (05 Jun 00)
NGC 3783NGC 3783 (25 May 00)
CXO 0312 Fiore P3CXO 0312 Fiore P3 (03 Apr 00)
Type 2 QuasarType 2 Quasar (20 Mar 00)
NGC 5548NGC 5548 (17 Feb 00)
Centaurus ACentaurus A (25 Oct 99)
PKS 0637-752PKS 0637-752 (26 Aug 99)
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