NGC 1275

giant galaxy at the heart of the Perseus Cluster · Perseus A

237 million light-years from Earth

A monster galaxy at the centre of the Perseus Cluster. Its black hole blows bubbles in the surrounding hot gas, and long red filaments of cooling gas, some wider than the Milky Way, hang around it like seaweed.

• 237 million light-years · filaments up to 200,000 light-years long
• the black hole in its core sings the lowest note known: a B flat 57 octaves below middle C

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NGC 1275