Quasi-Stellar Object

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomical object
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:QSO
gptkb:Quasar
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude Up to 12.8 (brightest)
gptkbp:canBe Radio-loud
Radio-quiet
gptkbp:category active galactic nucleus
gptkbp:centralTo gptkb:Supermassive_black_hole
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:firstIdentifiedBy gptkb:Allan_Sandage
gptkbp:firstRadioSourceIdentifiedAsQSO gptkb:3C_273
gptkbp:hasAbsoluteMagnitude -26 to -30
gptkbp:hasAccretionDisk Yes
gptkbp:hasFeature Broad emission lines
Compact size
Strong radio emission (in some cases)
Variable brightness
gptkbp:hasHostGalaxyType gptkb:galaxy
Elliptical galaxy
gptkbp:hasJet Relativistic jets (in some cases)
gptkbp:hasRedshiftRange 0.06 to 7.5
gptkbp:hasVariabilityTimescale Days to years
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:Galaxies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quasi-Stellar Object
gptkbp:locatedIn Distant galaxies
gptkbp:luminosity Extremely high
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:3C_273
gptkb:3C_48
gptkb:APM_08279+5255
gptkb:ULAS_J1342+0928
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Very_Large_Array
gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:powerSource Gravitational energy
gptkbp:provides Accretion of material onto supermassive black holes
gptkbp:redshift High
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity Redshifted
gptkbp:studiedBy Cosmology
Black hole physics
Galaxy evolution
gptkbp:studiedIn Optical astronomy
Radio astronomy
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Active_galactic_nuclei
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:QSO
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5