Quasar
One of the most luminous quasars known, radiating energy equivalent to trillions of Suns.
| Type | Quasar |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 11,800,000,000 ly |
| Mass | 1.99 × 10^40 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 17 |
| Redshift | 3.27 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1979 |
Its mass is 10,000,000,000 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from PKS 2126-158 tonight left it around 11,800,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 3.27, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 1979.
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