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 from Earth, with an apparent visual magnitude of 12.9. [2] The derived distance to this object is 749 megaparsecs (2.4 billion light-years).

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 thousands of times the entire energy of stars in a galaxy.

Jan 9, 2003 · Quasar 3C 273. About the Object. R.A. Position. R.A. Position Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. 12h 29m 6.7s. ... Distance The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars ...

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 quasar. ... 3C 273 is the first quasar (quasi-stellar object) ever discovered, in 1963. About the Object. R.A. Position. R.A. Position Right ascension – analogous to longitude ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Amateur astronomers can hunt for a unique starlike object, called 3C 273, which holds the record as the farthest target available to be viewed from Earth through a common-sized backyard telescope. Because 3C 273 pours out the light equivalent of trillions of suns it can be seen across over two billion light-years!

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 quasar. This allows astronomers to see unprecedented details near the black hole such as weird filaments, lobes, and a mysterious L-shaped structure, probably caused by small ...

Dec 9, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope has peered deeper than ever before into the heart of the supermassive black hole-powered quasar 3C, 273 spotting "weird" structures.

Dec 5, 2024 · A NASA/ESA 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 quasar.

Jan 9, 2003 · NASA Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has provided the clearest visible-light view yet of the nearby quasar 3C 273. The ACS' coronagraph was used to block the light from the brilliant central quasar, revealing that the quasar's host galaxy is significantly more complex than had been suggested in previous observations.

Jan 9, 2003 · The Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has provided the clearest view yet in visible light of the nearby quasar, 3C 273. Credit: