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3C 48

(radio galaxy/quasar)

3C 48 is a radio galaxy about four billion light-years away. It was originally observed as a point-like radio source (a quasar) and later detected in visible light. Characteristics:


(galaxy,radio,quasar)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C_48
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=3c+48
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963AJ.....68S.279G/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1963ApJ...138...30M/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
.3671.30Gpc4.23Gly3C 48
Coordinates:3C 48
J013741.1+330932

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