Dwarf Galaxy (Inset) (IMAGE)

University of Portsmouth

Dwarf Galaxy (Inset)

Caption

Size comparison of a dwarf galaxy (right inset, bottom) with a larger galaxy in the centre. Top inset: Dwarf galaxy overlain with some of the MaNGA data, revealing the winds from the supermassive black hole.

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Samantha Penny (Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth) and the SDSS collaboration

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