Astronomy

1st Edition

ISBN: 9781938168284

Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 27, Problem 4E

Why could the concentration of matter at the center of an active galaxy like M87 not be made of stars?

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