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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 64. Chapters: Active galaxy types, BL Lac objects, Blazars, LINER galaxies, Quasars, Radio galaxies, Seyfert galaxies, Starburst galaxies, Messier 87, List of quasars, Active galactic nucleus, Sombrero Galaxy, Radio galaxy, Centaurus A, Messier 94, First X-ray source in Pictor, Messier 82, Scorpius XR-6, Abell 2147, Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region, Serpens Caput X-1, Starburst galaxy, NGC 3227, HE0450-2958, NGC 1275, Abell 1795, IC 10, X-shaped radio galaxy, Markarian 590, OJ 287, H 2356-309, Abell 2256, Baby Boom Galaxy, Seyfert galaxy, NGC 404, NGC 1672, NGC 5195, NGC 3226, Spin-flip, So tan argument, Messier 77, NGC 4151, NGC 1566, NGC 5005, NGC 5033, Fairall 9, Arp 220, Cygnus A, 3C 66B, QSO J0005-0006, 3C 295, 3C 371, SDSS J0927+2943, NGC 2841, Multiply imaged quasar, 3C 244.1, Markarian 421, 3C 48, 3C 147, Q0906+6930, NGC 383, NGC 2787, QSO J0303-0019, 4C +37.11, 3C 75, 3C 66A, HUDF-JD2, PKS 2000-330, 3C 236, Laser star model of quasars, Quasar J1819+3845, BL Lacertae, NGC 5929, 3C 35, CTA-102, Circinus Galaxy, 3C 79, Luminous infrared galaxy, 3C 9, NGC 5490, NGC 1128, NGC 6251, NGC 1808, Reverberation mapping, 3C 173.1, 3C 219, 3C 47, NGC 7314, APM 08279+5255, 3C 215, 3C 303, 3C 286, 3C 452, 3C 449, 3C 454.3, 3C 223, 3C 288, 3C 401, 3C 83.1B, Markarian 231, 3C 61.1, QSO B1203+645, QSO B1522+546, 3C 390.3, QSO B2121+248, QSO B0958+290, 3C 285, QSO B1419+419, NGC 4051, 3C 171, 3C 20, 3C 249.1, 3C 212, 3C 438, 3C 153, QSO J0842+1835, 3C 109, 3C 305, Blandford-Znajek process, 3C 191, Arp 187, LBQS 1429-008, QSO B0038+328, NGC 5548, CFHQS J2329-0301, 2MASS J07491255+5552336, FSC15307+3253, NGC 3561, OVV quasar, PKS 0521-365, PKS 2155-304, IC 1515. Excerpt: Messier 87 (also known as M87, Virgo A or NGC 4486) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy. It was discovered in 1781 by French astronomer Charles Messier. The second ...