active galactic nucleus

English

Noun

Wikipedia active galactic nucleus (plural active galactic nuclei)

1. (astronomy) A compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some portion, and possibly all, of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Translations

region

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活動星系核 (cmn), 活动星系核 (cmn) (huódòng xīngxìhé)

• Finnish: aktiivinen galaksiydin (fi)
• German: aktiver galaktischer Kern (de) m
• Turkish: etkin galaktik çekirdek (tr)