Right ascension 12 19 23.2 Redshift 0.007465 Type E2-3 | Declination +05° 49′ 31″ Helio radial velocity 2238 ± 7 km/s Magnitude 11.4 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.4 | |
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Distance 96 ± 8 Mly (29.4 ± 2.6 Mpc) Similar NGC 4216, Eyes Galaxies, NGC 4697, NGC 4429, NGC 3377 | ||
Black hole in the center of ngc 4261
NGC 4261 is an elliptical galaxy located behind the Virgo Cluster in the W-cloud.
The active galactic nucleus (AGN) contains a 400-million-solar mass supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an 800-light-year-wide spiral-shaped disk of dust fueling it.
The galaxy is estimated to be about 60 thousand light-years across, and the jet is estimated to span about 88 thousand light-years.
References
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