TXS 0506+056
(blazar that is a neutrino source)
TXS 0506+056 is a blazar (quasar with
relativistic jet aimed toward us).
IceCube spotted neutrinos from it, the second case
of neutrinos spotted from a discernible source
beyond the solar system, the first being SN 1987A.
TXS 0506+056 characteristics:
(radio,quasar,jet,gamma rays,neutrinos)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXS_0506%2B056
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=TXS+0506%2B056
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018Sci...361..147I/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...854L..32P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...864...84K/abstract
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| .34 | 1.21Gpc | 3.94Gly | | TXS 0506+056 |
|
| Coordinates: | TXS 0506+056
J050925.9645434784+054135.333636817 |
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