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62 relations: Abell 370, Absolute magnitude, APM 08279+5255, Apparent magnitude, Astronomical radio source, Blazar, Carbon monoxide, CFHQS J2329-0301, CID-42, CL1358+62, CLASS B1359+154, Cloverleaf quasar, CTA-102, Einstein Cross, Einstein ring, Epoch (astronomy), Galaxy cluster, Galaxy filament, Gravitational lens, HCM-6A, HE0450-2958, Huchra's lens, Huge-LQG, IC 2497, IOK-1, Large quasar group, LBQS 1429-008, List of black holes, List of galaxies, Markarian 231, Nature (journal), Nikolai Kardashev, Observable universe, PKS 1302-102, PKS 2000-330, Q0906+6930, QSO J0005-0006, QSR J1819+3845, Quasar, Redshift, Reionization, RX J1131-1231, S5 0014+81, SDSS J0100+2802, SDSS J0303-0019, SDSS J0927+2943, SMSS J215728.21-360215.1, Superluminal motion, Supermassive black hole, The Astronomical Journal, ..., The Astrophysical Journal, Twin Quasar, ULAS J1120+0641, ULAS J1342+0928, 3C 147, 3C 273, 3C 279, 3C 295, 3C 454.3, 3C 47, 3C 48, 3C 9. Expand index (12 more) »
Abell 370
Abell 370 is a galaxy cluster located approximately 4 billion light-years away from the Earth (at redshift z.
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Absolute magnitude
Absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on a logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.
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APM 08279+5255
APM 08279+5255 is a very distant, broad absorption line quasar located in the constellation Lynx.
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Apparent magnitude
The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.
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Astronomical radio source
Astronomical radio sources are objects in outer space that emit strong radio waves.
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Blazar
A blazar is a very compact quasar (quasi-stellar radio source) associated with a presumed supermassive black hole at the center of an active, giant elliptical galaxy.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air.
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CFHQS J2329-0301
CFHQS J2329-0301 is a quasar discovered in 2007 by the Canada-France-Hawaii High-z Quasar Survey (CHFQS) using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
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CID-42
CID-42 (also known as CXOC J100043.1+020637) is a galaxy quasar about 3.9 billion light years away in the constellation Sextans.
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CL1358+62
CL 1358+62 (ClG 1358+62) is a galaxy cluster located at z.
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CLASS B1359+154
CLASS B1359+154 is a quasar, or quasi-stellar object, that has a redshift of 3.235.
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Cloverleaf quasar
The Cloverleaf quasar (H1413+117, QSO J1415+1129) is a bright, gravitationally lensed quasar.
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CTA-102
In astronomy, CTA 102, also known by its B1950 coordinates as 2230+114 (QSR B2230+114) and its J2000 coordinates as J2232+1143 (QSO J2232+1143), is a quasar discovered in the early 1960s by a radio survey carried out by the California Institute of Technology.
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Einstein Cross
The Einstein Cross (Q2237+030 or QSO 2237+0305) is a gravitationally lensed quasar that sits directly behind ZW 2237+030, Huchra's Lens.
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Einstein ring
In observational astronomy an Einstein ring, also known as an Einstein–Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring, is the deformation of the light from a source (such as a galaxy or star) into a ring through gravitational lensing of the source's light by an object with an extremely large mass (such as another galaxy or a black hole).
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Epoch (astronomy)
In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as the celestial coordinates or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, because these are subject to perturbations and vary with time.
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Galaxy cluster
A galaxy cluster, or cluster of galaxies, is a structure that consists of anywhere from hundreds to thousands of galaxies that are bound together by gravity with typical masses ranging from 1014–1015 solar masses.
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Galaxy filament
The distribution reveals fine, filamentary structures.
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Gravitational lens
A gravitational lens is a distribution of matter (such as a cluster of galaxies) between a distant light source and an observer, that is capable of bending the light from the source as the light travels towards the observer.
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HCM-6A
HCM-6A is an LAE galaxy that was found in 2002 by a team led by Esther Hu from the University of Hawaii, using the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii.
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HE0450-2958
HE0450-2958 is an unusual quasar.
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Huchra's lens
Huchra's lens is the lensing galaxy of the Einstein Cross (Quasar 2237+30); it is also called ZW 2237+030 or QSO 2237+0305 G. It exhibits the phenomenon of gravitational lensing that was postulated by Albert Einstein when he realized that gravity would be able to bend light and thus could have lens-like effects.
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Huge-LQG
The Huge Large Quasar Group, (Huge-LQG, also called U1.27) is a possible structure or pseudo-structure of 73 quasars, referred to as a large quasar group, that measures about 4 billion light-years across.
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IC 2497
IC 2497 is a spiral galaxyBBC News,, Paul Rincon, 5 August 2008 (accessed 2010-11-11) close to the intergalactic cloud Hanny's Voorwerp.
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IOK-1
IOK-1 is a distant galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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Large quasar group
A large quasar group (LQG) is a collection of quasars (a form of supermassive black hole active galactic nuclei) that form what are thought to constitute the largest astronomical structures in the known universe.
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LBQS 1429-008
LBQS 1429-008 (QQ 1429−008, QQ 1432−0106, QQQ J1432−0106) is a physical triple quasar.
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List of black holes
This is a list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates) organized by size (including black holes of undetermined mass); some items in this list are galaxies or star clusters that are believed to be organized around a black hole.
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List of galaxies
The following is a list of notable galaxies.
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Markarian 231
Markarian 231 (UGC 8058) is a Type-1 Seyfert galaxy that was discovered in 1969 as part of a search of galaxies with strong ultraviolet radiation.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.
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Nikolai Kardashev
Nikolai Semenovich Kardashev (p; born April 25, 1932) is a Russian astrophysicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and is the deputy director of the Astro Space Center (Russia) of PN Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
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Observable universe
The observable universe is a spherical region of the Universe comprising all matter that can be observed from Earth at the present time, because electromagnetic radiation from these objects has had time to reach Earth since the beginning of the cosmological expansion.
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PKS 1302-102
PKS 1302-102 is a quasar in the Virgo constellation, located at a distance of approximately 1.1 Gpc (around 3.5 billion light-years).
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PKS 2000-330
PKS 2000-330 (also known as QSO B2000-330) is a quasar located in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Q0906+6930
Q0906+6930 is the most distant known blazar (redshift 5.47 / 12.2 billion light years), discovered in July, 2004.
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QSO J0005-0006
QSO J0005-0006 is a distant quasar in the ~z≥6 regime.
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QSR J1819+3845
QSR J1819+3845 is a quasar notable for being the most variable known extragalactic radio source.
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Quasar
A quasar (also known as a QSO or quasi-stellar object) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN).
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Redshift
In physics, redshift happens when light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum.
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Reionization
In the field of Big Bang theory, and cosmology, reionization is the process that caused the matter in the universe to reionize after the lapse of the "dark ages".
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RX J1131-1231
RX J1131-1231 is a distant, supermassive-black-hole-containing quasar located about 6 billion light years from Earth in the constellation Crater.
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S5 0014+81
S5 0014+81 is a distant, compact, hyperluminous, broad-absorption line quasar or blazar located near the high declination region of the constellation Cepheus, near the North Equatorial Pole.
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SDSS J0100+2802
SDSS J0100+2802 (SDSS J010013.02+280225.8) is a hyperluminous quasar located near the border of the constellations Pisces and Andromeda.
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SDSS J0303-0019
SDSS J0303-0019 is a distant quasar in the z≥6 regime.
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SDSS J0927+2943
SDSS J0927+2943 (SDSS J092712.65+294344.0) is an unusual quasar.
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SMSS J215728.21-360215.1
SMSS J215728.21-360215.1, commonly known as Brock's black hole or J2157-3602, is the fastest growing black hole and brightest quasar known to exist.
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Superluminal motion
In astronomy, superluminal motion is the apparently faster-than-light motion seen in some radio galaxies, BL Lac objects, quasars and recently also in some galactic sources called microquasars.
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Supermassive black hole
A supermassive black hole (SMBH or SBH) is the largest type of black hole, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses, and is found in the centre of almost all currently known massive galaxies.
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The Astronomical Journal
The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society and currently published by IOP Publishing.
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The Astrophysical Journal
The Astrophysical Journal, often abbreviated ApJ (pronounced "ap jay") in references and speech, is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 1895 by American astronomers George Ellery Hale and James Edward Keeler.
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Twin Quasar
The Twin Quasar (also known as Twin QSO, Double Quasar, SBS 0957+561, TXS 0957+561, Q0957+561 or QSO 0957+561 A/B), was discovered in 1979 and was the first identified gravitationally lensed object.
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ULAS J1120+0641
ULAS J1120+0641 is the second most distant known quasar as of 6 December 2017, after ULAS J1342+0928. ULAS J1120+0641 (at a comoving distance of 28.85 billion light-years) was the first quasar discovered beyond a redshift of 7. Its discovery was reported in June 2011.
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ULAS J1342+0928
ULAS J1342+0928 is the most distant known quasar detected and contains the most distant and oldest known supermassive black hole, at a reported redshift of z.
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3C 147
3C 147 (B0538+498) is a compact steep-spectrum (CSS) quasar that was discovered in 1964.
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3C 273
3C 273 is a quasar located in the constellation Virgo.
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3C 279
3C 279 (also known as 4C–05.55, NRAO 413, and PKS 1253–05) is an optically violent variable quasar (OVV), which is known in the astronomical community for its variations in the visible, radio, and x-ray bands.
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3C 295
3C 295 is a narrow-line radio galaxy located in the constellation of Boötes.
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3C 454.3
3C 454.3 is a blazar (a type of quasar with a jet oriented toward Earth) located away from the galactic plane.
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3C 47
3C 47 is a Seyfert galaxy / lobe-dominated quasar located in the constellation Pisces.
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3C 48
3C48 is a quasar discovered in 1960; it was the second source conclusively identified as such.
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3C 9
3C 9 is a lobe-dominated quasar located in the constellation Pisces.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quasars
