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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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)...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    jets] ... which ... have revealed outer double structure in all but one (3C 273) of the known superluminal sources. An embarrassment is that the average...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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....
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    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...
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  • A. Matthews; also Maarten Schmidt publishes significant observations on 3C 273. Geneticist J. B. S. Haldane coins the word "clone". Molecular biologist...
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    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)...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    matter filament. 3C 48 was the first quasar ever to be observed, although its true identity was not uncovered until after that of 3C 273 in 1963. It has...
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    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...
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    Results from White Dwarfs, Old Novae, Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae, 3c 273, and Scorpius XR-1". The Astrophysical Journal. 148: L161. Bibcode:1967ApJ...
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  • jets of charged particles which emit synchrotron radiation. One example is 3C 273, the optically brightest quasar in the sky. Merging galaxy clusters often...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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