Cosmic Atlas object record

CygnusA

CygnusA, BASS DR2 1057, J1959.4+4044, NAME Cyg A

CygnusA
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Object type
black_hole
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
299.868227°
Declination
40.7339116°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
823871010.1124935 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
Not supplied by the source catalog
Catalog source
bass_dr2_black_hole_mass
Catalog epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Position epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Selection caveat
Not supplied by the source catalog
Cosmology
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