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                                  2026 February 5   
      
                          NGC 1275 in the Perseus Cluster   
             Image Credit & Copyright: Michal Wierzbinski, Hellas-Sky   
      
      Explanation: Active galaxy NGC 1275 is the central, dominant member of   
      the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies.   
      Wild-looking at visible wavelengths, the active galaxy is also a   
      prodigious source of x-rays and radio emission. NGC 1275 accretes   
      matter as entire galaxies fall into it, ultimately feeding a   
      supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core. Narrowband image data   
      used in this sharp telescopic image highlights the resulting galactic   
      debris and filaments of glowing gas, some up to 20,000 light-years   
      long. The filaments persist in NGC 1275, even though the turmoil of   
      galactic collisions should destroy them. What keeps the filaments   
      together? Observations indicate that the structures, pushed out from   
      the galaxy's center by the black hole's activity, are held together by   
      magnetic fields. Also known as Perseus A, NGC 1275 itself spans over   
      100,000 light years and lies about 230 million light years away.   
      
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