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Hubble Space Telescope image of a 5000 light-year long jet being ejected from the active
nucleus of the active galaxy M87, a radio galaxy. The blue synchrotron radiation of the
jet contrasts with the yellow starlight from the host galaxy.
Contents
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● 1 Discovery
● 2 Models of the active nucleus
○ 2.1 Accretion disk
○ 2.2 Relativistic jets
○ 2.3 Radiatively inefficient AGN
● 3 Observational characteristics
● 4 Types of active galaxy
○ 4.1 Radio-quiet AGN
○ 4.2 Radio-loud AGN
○ 4.3 Summary
● 5 Unification
○ 5.1 Radio-quiet unification
○ 5.2 Radio-loud unification
● 6 Cosmological uses and evolution
● 7 See also
● 8 References
● 9 External links
[edit] Discovery
The issue of the Activity of Nuclei of Galaxies (AGN) was first raised by
soviet-armenian physicist Prof. Victor Ambartsumian in the early 50s. Although the idea
concerning the activity of galactic nuclei for the first time was accepted very skeptically,
after many years, as a result of the pressure of observations (the discovery of quasars,
radio outbursts of galaxies, consequences of explosions in nuclei, ejection from nuclei,
etc.) did it gain recognition. The concept of AGN now is widely accepted.[1]