Cosmic Atlas object record

3C 279

3C 279, 4C -05.55

3C 279
Type illustration; curated media not supplied
Object type
quasar
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
194.0465°
Declination
-5.7893°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
5200000000.266944 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
17.8
Catalog source
curated_extragalactic_survey
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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