File:Best image of bright quasar 3C 273 (10953173335).jpg
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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 constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). Its light has taken some 2.5 billion years to reach us. Despite this great distance, it is still one of the closest quasars to our home. It was the first quasar ever to be identified, and was discovered in the early 1960s by astronomer Allan Sandage. More information: <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1346a/" rel="nofollow">www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1346a/</a> Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Hubble Space Telescope / ESA at https://flickr.com/photos/51268976@N08/10953173335. It was reviewed on 8 December 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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| current | 12:13, 8 December 2020 | 1,280 × 1,264 (295 KB) | Eyes Roger | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
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