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3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo
published by Emil Neata
This NightSkyInfo.com article briefly describes the discovery of quasars, what they are, and how to find the famous quasar 3C 273 in the night sky with a good backyard telescope. The page includes an optical image of the quasar and a link to a finder map for amateur astronomers to reference.
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/
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Astronomy
- Galaxies
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= Telescopes
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image credit: Wikimedia Commons; image source; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from February 1, 2011 until March 12, 2011. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 Emil Neata
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Keywords: astronomy, quasars
Record Creator: Metadata instance created February 8, 2011 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Feb 08, 2011 by Ed Lee
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when Cataloged:		 January 27, 2008
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(2006), WWW Document, (http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/).
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3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo (2006), <http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/>.
APA Format
3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo. (2008, January 27). Retrieved December 2, 2024, from http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/
Chicago Format
. 3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo. January 27, 2008. http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/ (accessed 2 December 2024).
MLA Format
3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo. 2006. 27 Jan. 2008. 2 Dec. 2024 <http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/>.
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@misc{ Title = {3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {2 December 2024}, Month = {January 27, 2008}, Year = {2006} }
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