Quasar
One of the most luminous quasars in the nearby universe, driving powerful winds that blow gas out of its host galaxy.
| Type | Quasar |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 2,330,000,000 ly |
| Mass | 1.99 × 10^39 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 13 |
| Redshift | 0.184 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1987 |
Its mass is 1,000,000,000 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from PDS 456 tonight left it around 2,330,000,000 years ago.
Of the 9 quasars these pages cover, only 2 lie closer to us.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 0.184, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 1987.
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