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Hubble’s Groundbreaking Close-Up of Quasar 3C 273 Gives a Never-Before-Seen Look at a Supermassive Black Hole
Indeed, Hubble’s high-resolution images of 3C 273 offer a level of detail that was previously impossible to achieve, making it a pivotal moment in quasar research. The discovery of these fine ...
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Hubble unveils hidden wonders of quasar 3C 273
Quasar 3C 273 – A pioneering discovery Quasar 3C 273 was the first such object discovered in 1963 by Maarten Schmidt. Polish Radio reports that it is located 2.5 billion light-years from Earth ...
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Astronomy: The Man on the Mountain
He measured the shift and calculated that 3C 273 was moving away at 15% of the speed of light, or about 28,000 miles per second. This meant, according to Hubble’s law, that the quasar must be ...
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6 rare black hole images shared by NASA
It is the brightest quasar discovered by the researchers at that time. 3C 273, IRAS 12265+0219: The quasar 3C 273 glitters due to a supermassive black hole at its centre. PKS 2349: The image ...