Filarsa

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Filarsa is a barred lenticular galaxy 750,000 light-years from the Silky Way in the southern galactic hemisphere. It is catalogued as Karsa 29, NSC 1178, and HCG-002. Witha diameter of 59,820 light-years, Filarsa is the third largest member of the Haven Group, behind the Silky Way and Erian.

Characteristics

This galaxy is one of seven original specimens of Seyfert galaxies, which show broad emission lines in their galactic nuclei. Filarsa hosts a supermassive black hole of approximately 9.5×10⁷ M_☉, which powers a large active galactic nucleus. Due to its high luminosity in ionizing radiation and prominent AGN absorption features along its spectrum, Filarsa's core is an ideal laboratory to study the properties of active galaxies. While the Silky Way also hosts one, it is blocked from study by the vast majority of civilizations.

Across its observational history, Filarsa has been a highly variable active galaxy, showing changes in both brightness and absorption by ionized outflows. The jets emanating from the galactic nucleus emit radio waves as well.

Filarsa's largely featureless structure is interrupted by a prominent spiral dusty structure within the galactic core This structure is accompanied by two small apparent star forming regions, which likely constitute the location of any seed clusters which may exist within the galaxy, although positive identification is impossible from this distance.

Nearby Galaxies

Filarsa, as a satellite of the Silky Way, is obviously in the same neighborhood. It is 750,000 light-years away from its parent galaxy, and is accompanied by a variety of dwarf galaxies. Most prominent of these is Ho'a, a miniscule irregular galaxy highly active in star formation. Garval, a dwarf elliptical found above Filarsa's galactic pole, is also a notable companion.