A quasar or quasi-stellar object is an active galactic nucleus that appears star like in appearance because of the extreme distance. In 3C 249.1 case, the light from there took 3.9 billion years to reach us from our point of view.
Quasar 3C 249.1
- Constellation: Draco
- Right Ascension: 11h 04m 13.8777s
- Declination: +76° 58′ 58.170″
- Distance: 0.311500 redshift
- Details
- Category: Quasars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM