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An enormous X-ray jet extends at least a million light-years from the quasar. Image is 60 arcseconds on a side. RA 11h 30m 7.10s Dec −14° 49' 27" in Crater. Observation date: May 28, 2000. Instrument: ACIS. A quasar (/ ˈ k w eɪ z ɑːr / KWAY-zar) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN).
An astrophysical jet is an astronomical phenomenon where outflows of ionised matter are emitted as extended beams along the axis of rotation. [1] When this greatly accelerated matter in the beam approaches the speed of light , astrophysical jets become relativistic jets as they show effects from special relativity .
The quasar that produced the two-lobed radio jet formed when the universe was less than 1.2 billion years old, or 9% of its current age, and it has some oddball traits.
First quasar containing a recoiling supermassive black hole SDSS J0927+2943: 2008 Two optical emission line systems separated by 2650 km/s First gravitationally lensed quasar identified Twin Quasar: 1979 Lensed into 2 images The lens is a galaxy known as YGKOW G1: First quasar found with a jet with apparent superluminal motion 3C 279: 1971 [25 ...
PKS 0637-752 is a quasar located six billion light years in the constellation of Mensa. [1] It is noted for having a bright and largest astrophysical jet at redshift of z = 0.651. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Discovered by Einstein Observatory in 1980 through X-rays, [ 4 ] PKS 0637-752 was the first celestial object to be observed by Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
3C 273 is a quasar located at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. It was the first quasar ever to be identified and is the visually brightest quasar in the sky as seen from Earth, with an apparent visual magnitude of 12.9. [2] The derived distance to this object is 749 megaparsecs (2.4 billion light-years).
The object itself was detected in ESO images dating back to 1980, but its identification as a quasar occurred only several decades later. [2]An automated analysis of 2022 data from the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite did not confirm J0529-4351 as too bright to be a quasar, and suggested it was a 16th magnitude star with a 99.98% probability.
PSO J352.4034–15.3373, or PJ352-15, is a quasar with an astrophysical jet ascribed to a billion-solar-mass supermassive black hole. It is one of the brightest objects so far discovered. Its discovery, using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, was reported in March 2021. At 12.7 billion light years from Earth, the X-ray jet became an observational ...