What does AGN mean in Astronomy?
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Active Galactic Nucleus
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What does AGN mean?
- active galactic nucleus(Noun)
- 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.
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