File:PKS 0637-752- NASA Unveils First Images From Chandra X-Ray Observatory (1999-0064).pdf

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PKS 0637-752 is so distant that we see it as it was 6 billion years ago. It is a luminous quasar that radiates with the power of 10 trillion suns from a region smaller than our solar system.

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English: PKS 0637-752 is so distant that we see it as it was 6 billion years ago. It is a luminous quasar that radiates with the power of 10 trillion suns from a region smaller than our solar system. The source of this prodigious energy is believed to be a supermassive black hole.
Date 26 August 1999 (upload date)
Source PKS 0637-752: NASA Unveils First Images From Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Author NASA/CXC/SAO
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Category
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Quasars & Active Galaxies
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Intensity
Constellation
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Mensa
Coordinates (J2000)
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RA 06h 35m 46s
Observation Date(s)
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August 15, 1999
Observation ID(s)
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Unknown
Observation Time
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1 hours
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Image is 1 arcmin across.
Instruments
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ACIS
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Credit and attribution belongs to the Chandra X-ray Center, NASA/SAO/Penn State University/MIT

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