Quasar
A highly variable blazar whose brightness can change dramatically within days, among the most studied quasars in the sky.
| Type | Quasar |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 5,400,000,000 ly |
| Mass | 9.90 × 10^38 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 17.75 |
| Redshift | 0.536 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1965 |
Its mass is 497,737,557 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from 3C 279 tonight left it around 5,400,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 0.536, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 1965.
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