Triple quasar QQQ 1429-008

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eso_eso0702a January 8th, 2007

Credit: ESO

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland and the California Institute of Technology, USA, have discovered what appears to be the first known triplet of quasars. This close trio of supermassive black holes lies about 10.5 billion light-years away towards the Virgo (The Virgin) constellation. The photo shows the image of the triple quasar QQQ 1429-008, with the three components (A, B and C) indicated on the additional image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0702a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
QQQ 1429-008
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

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ID
eso0702a
Subject Category
D.5.3.2.1  
Subject Name
QQQ 1429-008
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2007-01-08T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0702a/
Type
Observation
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Distance Notes
Redshift distance from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/662/1/L1/
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Keck
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None, None
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Equinox
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Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
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Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
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Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0702a
Metadata Date
2009-01-12T15:25:34+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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