active galaxy

C31365
concept

An active galaxy is a galaxy whose central region emits exceptionally large amounts of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, powered by matter accreting onto a supermassive black hole.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
active galaxy canonical 7
radio galaxy 5
Seyfert 2 galaxy 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: active galaxy
Generated description
An active galaxy is a galaxy whose central region emits exceptionally large amounts of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, powered by matter accreting onto a supermassive black hole.

Instances (14)

Instance Via concept surface
NGC 7319 —
Messier 87 radio galaxy
NGC 5128 radio galaxy
NGC 4945 —
NGC 4388 —
NGC 4579 —
NGC 4639 —
NGC 4374 radio galaxy
NGC 4486 radio galaxy
3C 84 blazar-like AGN
BL Lacertae
linked to: Lacerta
blazar
NGC 4696 radio galaxy
NGC 7314 —
NGC 7172 Seyfert 2 galaxy