Quasar

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomical object
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:QSO
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:QSO
gptkb:Quasi-stellar_object
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkb:Véron-Cetty_&_Véron_quasar_catalogue
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Maarten_Schmidt
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1963
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth Billions of light-years
gptkbp:emits gptkb:X-rays
gptkb:Gamma_rays
gptkb:Radio_waves
Electromagnetic radiation
Visible light
gptkbp:etymology gptkb:Quasi-stellar_radio_source
gptkbp:firstIdentifiedAs gptkb:Quasi-stellar_radio_source
gptkbp:foundIn Distant galaxies
gptkbp:hasHostGalaxy Massive galaxy
gptkbp:hasJet Relativistic jets
gptkbp:hasMagnitude Apparent magnitude up to -26
gptkbp:hasNumberKnown Over 750,000 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:hasPeakEpoch Redshift z~2-3
gptkbp:hasType Broad absorption line quasar
Obscured quasar
Radio-loud quasar
Radio-quiet quasar
Red quasar
Type 1 quasar
Type 2 quasar
gptkbp:hasVariability Brightness changes
gptkbp:hostedBy Elliptical galaxies
Merging galaxies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quasar
gptkbp:lifespan 10 million to 1 billion years
gptkbp:luminosity Extremely high
gptkbp:mass Millions to billions solar masses (black hole)
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:3C_273
gptkb:3C_48
gptkb:APM_08279+5255
gptkb:ULAS_J1342+0928
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Optical_telescopes
gptkb:Radio_telescopes
gptkb:Space_telescopes
gptkbp:powerSource Accretion disk
gptkbp:provides gptkb:Supermassive_black_hole
gptkbp:redshift High
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity Broad emission lines
gptkbp:studiedIn Cosmology
Astrophysics
gptkbp:subclassOf active galactic nucleus
gptkbp:usedFor Measuring universe expansion
Probing early universe
Studying intergalactic medium
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MIT_License
gptkb:George_Pérez
gptkb:VHS
gptkb:Wendell_Vaughn_(Quasar)
gptkb:Wundarr_the_Aquarian
gptkb:O_Boticário
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5