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 is the visually brightest quasar in the sky as seen …

Apr 17, 2023 · This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is likely the best of ancient and brilliant quasar 3C 273, which resides in a giant elliptical galaxy in the …

Dec 5, 2024 · A two-panel image of quasar 3C 273, taken by different Hubble instruments. The top panel is a WFPC2 image of 3C 273. It looks like a bright white car headlight. There’s a …

Dec 5, 2024 · For Hubble, staring into the quasar 3C 273 is like looking directly into a blinding car headlight and trying to see an ant crawling on the rim around it. The quasar pours out …

Known as 3C 273, this was the first quasar to be identified and the optically-brightest at magnitude +12.9. It is the extremely luminous core of an active galaxy powered by a …

This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is likely the best of ancient and brilliant quasar 3C 273, which resides in a giant elliptical galaxy in the …

Dec 5, 2024 · A Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of quasar 3C 273. A coronagraph on Hubble blocks out the glare coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the …

Jan 1, 2024 · In the case of 3C 273, you’re looking at the first quasar ever discovered, receiving photons emitted a couple of billion years ago from the maw of a supermassive black hole. You …

Dec 30, 2024 · Astronomers have achieved an extraordinary milestone by capturing the closest and most detailed image of one of the universe's brightest objects—quasar 3C 273. Located …

The quasar 3C 273 is a point source around magnitude 12.7 in the constellation Virgo (J2000 RA:12 29 06.7, Dec:+02 03 08.6), and AAVSO charts are available here. AAVSO observer …