3C 273 the brightest Quasar. Virgo.

Image Info

Imaged on 20090321 with 31 cm f/4.5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
500 video frames with no filter.

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Object Info

Brightness of QSO is 12.8 magnitude, distance about 2 billion light years (RV = 47469 k/s) (z = 0.158).

A cropped and enlarged (200%) section of main image.
Contrast stretched to show the faint jet coming from the core of 3C 273.
Video artifacts cleaned from around bright stars.

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