3C 9
| 3C9 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data(EpochJ2000) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 00h20m25.22s |
| Declination | +15° 40′ 54.7″ |
| Redshift | 2.0194[1] 240,526km/s[1] |
| Distance | 10billionlight-years (Light travel time)[2] ~17 billion light-years (presentcomoving distance)[2] |
| Type | FR IIRG[2] QSO[1][2] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 17.62[1] |
| Other designations | |
| 2C 26,LEDA2817473[1] | |
| See also:Quasar,List of quasars | |
3C 9is a lobe-dominatedquasar[1][3]located in theconstellationPisces.
In 1965,it was themost distant objectdiscovered at the time of discovery. This was the first object with aredshiftin excess of 2.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abcdef"3C 9".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2019-11-20.
- ^abcd"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database".Results for 3C 009.Retrieved2010-04-20.
- ^"3C 9".XJET: X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Jets. 2009-03-26.Retrieved2010-04-06.
- ^Timemagazine,The Quasi-Quasars,Friday, June 18, 1965
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