NGC 612

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NGC 612 is a large lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor located approximately 388 million light-years from Earth. It is a type II Seyfert galaxy with a diameter of 440,000 light-years across and thus has an active galactic nucleus.

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Image: Judy Schmidt from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.