English Explanatory Dictionary

Seyfert galaxy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of galaxy having quasar-like nuclei.

Word forms

Seyfert galaxy Seyfert galaxies

Etymology

Named after Carl Seyfert, who first described this class in 1943.

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