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...

nature, and this became shortened to "quasar". The first quasars (3C 48 and 3C 273) were discovered in the late 1950s, as radio sources in all-sky radio...

light-years distant. 2.4×109 ly 3C 273, optically the brightest quasar, of apparent magnitude 12.9, just dimmer than R136a1. 3C 273 is about 2.4 billion light-years...

found began with the investigation by Maarten Schmidt of the radio source 3C 273 in 1963. Initially this was thought to be a star, but the spectrum proved...

A major breakthrough was the measurement of the redshift of the quasar 3C 273 by Maarten Schmidt, published in 1963. Schmidt noted that if this object...

Matthews, Thomas A (1964). "Redshift of the Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources 3c 47 and 3c 147". The Astrophysical Journal. 139: 781. Bibcode:1964ApJ...139..781S...

quasar 3C 9 is cited by Kardashev as early as 1971. The study of the quasar 3C 273 shows that it has a solid structure. Other quasars (3C 279, 3C 345, 3C 84)...

specific observations or some details. Examples of blazars include 3C 454.3, 3C 273, BL Lacertae, PKS 2155-304, Markarian 421, Markarian 501, 4C +71.07...

sources 3C 48 and 3C 273, were displaced so far to the red due to their redshifts as to be almost unrecognizable, but Greenstein deciphered 3C 48 shortly...

strong emissions in the radio spectrum. Virgo is also home to the quasar 3C 273 which was the first quasar ever to be identified. With a magnitude of ~12...

jets] ... which ... have revealed outer double structure in all but one (3C 273) of the known superluminal sources. An embarrassment is that the average...

order of magnitude. Some objects in this list have two citations, like 3C 273; one from Bradley M. Peterson et al. using the BLRM method, and the other...

Shimmins use lunar occultations to determine a precise position for the quasar 3C 273 and deduce that it is a double source. 1962 — Olin Eggen, Donald Lynden-Bell...

constellation, which imploded at some point in time. Second movement: Quasar 3C 273 3C 273 is a quasar located in the constellation of Virgo. It is the optically...

known as 3C 273 and also studied its spectrum. While its star-like appearance suggested it was relatively nearby, the spectrum of 3C 273 proved to have...

black hole 1963 — Maarten Schmidt discovers and analyzes the first quasar, 3C 273, as a highly red-shifted active galactic nucleus, a billion light years...

catalogue are identified by the prefix "3C" followed by the entry number, with a space - for example, 3C 273. The number denotes objects in order of increasing...

1302-102 OJ 287 SDSS J0849+1114 TON 618 MS 0735.6+7421 NeVe 1 Hercules A 3C 273 Q0906+6930 Markarian 501 ULAS J1342+0928 PSO J030947.49+271757.31 P172+18...

1302-102 OJ 287 SDSS J0849+1114 TON 618 MS 0735.6+7421 NeVe 1 Hercules A 3C 273 Q0906+6930 Markarian 501 ULAS J1342+0928 PSO J030947.49+271757.31 P172+18...

University of Central Lancashire. Each black circle and red cross on the map is a quasar similar to this one. Bottom: Image of the bright quasar 3C 273....

known +12.89 moon Deimos seen from Earth Maximum brightness +12.91 quasar 3C 273 seen from Earth brightest (luminosity distance of 2.4 billion light-years)...

1302-102 OJ 287 SDSS J0849+1114 TON 618 MS 0735.6+7421 NeVe 1 Hercules A 3C 273 Q0906+6930 Markarian 501 ULAS J1342+0928 PSO J030947.49+271757.31 P172+18...

A. Matthews; also Maarten Schmidt publishes significant observations on 3C 273. Geneticist J. B. S. Haldane coins the word "clone". Molecular biologist...

1302-102 OJ 287 SDSS J0849+1114 TON 618 MS 0735.6+7421 NeVe 1 Hercules A 3C 273 Q0906+6930 Markarian 501 ULAS J1342+0928 PSO J030947.49+271757.31 P172+18...

1302-102 OJ 287 SDSS J0849+1114 TON 618 MS 0735.6+7421 NeVe 1 Hercules A 3C 273 Q0906+6930 Markarian 501 ULAS J1342+0928 PSO J030947.49+271757.31 P172+18...

Calculated as: Solar luminosity × 10^(0.4 × (Sun absolute magnitude - 3C 273 absolute magnitude)) = 3.828e+26 × 10^(0.4 × (4.83 - (- 26.73))) = 3.828e+26...

Results from White Dwarfs, Old Novae, Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae, 3c 273, and Scorpius XR-1". The Astrophysical Journal. 148: L161. Bibcode:1967ApJ...

jets of charged particles which emit synchrotron radiation. One example is 3C 273, the optically brightest quasar in the sky. Merging galaxy clusters often...

This was crucial for the unambiguous identification of the radio source 3C 273 with the optical quasar and its jet, and a fundamental prerequisite for...

Evans, A. (1972). "On the Mass and Distance of the Quasi-Stellar Object 3C 273". Astrophysics and Space Science. 15 (3): 395. Bibcode:1972Ap&SS..15..395F...