Quasi-stellar object

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Astronomical object
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:QSO
gptkb:Quasar
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude Bright (despite distance)
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:3C_catalogue
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Maarten_Schmidt
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1963
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth Billions of light-years
gptkbp:emits gptkb:X-rays
gptkb:Radio_waves
Electromagnetic radiation
Optical light
gptkbp:example gptkb:3C_273
gptkb:3C_48
gptkbp:firstIdentifiedBy gptkb:Allan_Sandage
gptkbp:foundIn Distant universe
gptkbp:hasAbsorptionLines Intervening material
gptkbp:hasEddingtonLuminosity Approaches theoretical limit
gptkbp:hasGammaRayEmission Some
gptkbp:hasHostEnvironment Dense galactic nucleus
gptkbp:hasHostGalaxy gptkb:galaxy
Elliptical galaxy
gptkbp:hasJet Relativistic jet
gptkbp:hasRedshiftRange 0.06 to >7
gptkbp:hasUltravioletEmission Yes
gptkbp:hasVariability Rapid
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:galaxy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quasi-stellar object
gptkbp:infraredPort Yes
gptkbp:luminosity Extremely high
gptkbp:mass Supermassive black hole (millions to billions solar masses)
gptkbp:polarization Variable
gptkbp:powerSource Gravitational energy
gptkbp:provides Accretion of material onto supermassive black hole
gptkbp:redshift High
gptkbp:similarTo Star (in optical images)
gptkbp:spectrumOfActivity Broad emission lines
gptkbp:studiedBy Cosmology
Galaxy evolution
gptkbp:studiedIn Optical astronomy
Radio astronomy
gptkbp:subspecies Broad absorption line quasar
Radio-loud quasar
Radio-quiet quasar
Type 1 quasar
Type 2 quasar
gptkbp:type active galactic nucleus
gptkbp:usedAs Standard candle (in some studies)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quasar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6