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    A quasar (/ˈkweɪzɑːr/ KWAY-zar) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN). It is sometimes known as a quasi-stellar object, abbreviated QSO...
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    3C 273 (redirect from Quasar 3C273)
    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...
    16 KB (1,655 words) - 19:36, 7 March 2024
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    HD1 (redirect from HD1 Quasar)
    and luminous than present-day stars. Another scenario is that it may be a quasar hosting a supermassive black hole; such a scenario would put constraints...
    12 KB (1,148 words) - 05:58, 14 February 2024
  • Quasar (Wendell Elvis Vaughn) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of Marvel's cosmic heroes...
    23 KB (2,625 words) - 16:53, 30 December 2023
  • of quasars. More than a million quasars have been observed, so any list on Wikipedia is necessarily a selection of them. Proper naming of quasars are...
    69 KB (4,738 words) - 21:53, 26 April 2024
  • 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...
    11 KB (664 words) - 13:55, 12 March 2024
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    gravitationally lensed quasar that sits directly behind the centre of the galaxy ZW 2237+030, called Huchra's Lens. Four images of the same distant quasar (plus one...
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    ULAS J1342+0928 (category Quasars)
    ULAS J1342+0928 is the third-most distant known quasar detected and contains the second-most distant and oldest known supermassive black hole, at a reported...
    12 KB (1,253 words) - 13:43, 15 May 2024
  • pinned. BR1202-0725 (QSO 1202-07) refers to a quasar that the Lyman alpha emitting galaxy is near. The quasar itself lies at z=4.6947 BR2237-0607 LA1 and...
    116 KB (6,187 words) - 08:01, 15 May 2024
  • The Cloverleaf quasar (H1413+117, QSO J1415+1129) is a bright, gravitationally lensed quasar. Molecular gas (notably CO) detected in the host galaxy associated...
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    TON 618 (category Quasars)
    Tonantzintla 618) is a hyperluminous, broad-absorption-line, radio-loud quasar and Lyman-alpha blob located near the border of the constellations Canes...
    17 KB (1,819 words) - 23:40, 2 May 2024
  • now led by Ultron. Nova returns once more in a title role, along with Quasar, Star-Lord, and a new character called Wraith. Other characters featured...
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    3C 279 (category OVV quasars)
    violent variable quasar (OVV), which is known in the astronomical community for its variations in the visible, radio and x-ray bands. The quasar was observed...
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    ˈvɔːrwɛərp/ (Dutch for Hanny's object) is a type of astronomical object called a quasar ionization echo. It was discovered in 2007 by Dutch schoolteacher Hanny...
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  • U1.11 (category Quasars)
    U1.11 is a large quasar group located in the constellations of Leo and Virgo. It is one of the largest LQG's known, with the estimated maximum diameter...
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  • Quasar is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are noted for having worn the Quantum...
    12 KB (1,322 words) - 23:53, 14 March 2024
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    were known by the code name Quasar. The first generation was named simply 'SDS', the second generation was named 'Quasar' and the third generation each...
    12 KB (527 words) - 19:24, 10 September 2023
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    An optically violent variable quasar (often abbreviated as OVV quasar) is a type of highly variable quasar. It is a subtype of blazar that consists of...
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    X-ray binary (redirect from Micro-quasar)
    radio emitting X-ray binary) is the smaller cousin of a quasar. Microquasars are named after quasars, as they have some common characteristics: strong and...
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    complete, as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) alone detected 200000 quasars, which likely may be the homes of billion-solar-mass black holes. In addition...
    76 KB (5,741 words) - 23:14, 1 May 2024
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