3C 79

3C 79
Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation	Aries
Right ascension	03h 09m 59.70s
Declination	+17° 05′ 58.0″
Redshift	0.2559
Distance	2.9 billion light-years; (Light travel time); 3.2 billion light-years; (present)
Type	Sy2; FR II; narrow-line radio galaxy
Apparent dimensions (V)	0.25'X0.19'
Apparent magnitude (V)	19.0
Other designations
	DA 93, LEDA 1524618, 3C 79, 4C 16.07, PGC 1524618, QSO B0307+169
	See also: Quasar,List of quasars]]

Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Aries

3C 79 is a Seyfert Galaxy^[1] located in the constellation Aries. The extended emission-line region (EELR) is almost certainly photoionized by the hidden quasar.^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 SIMBAD
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 079. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+79.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Fu, Hai; Stockton, Alan (2008). "The Host Galaxy and the Extended Emission-Line Region of the Radio Galaxy 3C 79". The Astrophysical Journal 677 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1086/529015. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...677...79F. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ApJ...677...79F&link_type=ARTICLE&db_key=AST&high=. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

External links

www.jb.man.ac.uk/atlas/ (J. P. Leahy)
Wikisky image of PGC 1524618

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[SIMBAD-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 SIMBAD

[ned-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 079. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+79.

[Fu2008-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Fu, Hai; Stockton, Alan (2008). "The Host Galaxy and the Extended Emission-Line Region of the Radio Galaxy 3C 79". The Astrophysical Journal 677 (1): 79–91. doi:10.1086/529015. Bibcode: 2008ApJ...677...79F. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ApJ...677...79F&link_type=ARTICLE&db_key=AST&high=. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

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3C 79

Topic: Astronomy

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