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Old 05-10-2010, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
That's not correct in the way it's worded but I know what you mean here. The degree to which the very powerful, nuclear region, radio wave emissions occur are mostly seen in elliptical galaxies, as the centres of these galaxies are, in many cases, highly active areas. However, we also have quite a few spirals which show very similar activity....Seyfert Galaxies, for instance.
I stand corrected here. Yes Seyfert galaxies do emit synchroton radiation from the relativistic jet.

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