3C 79

Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Aries

3C 79

Observation data (Epoch J2000)
Constellation| Aries
Right ascension|  03h 09m 59.70s[1]
Declination| +17° 05′ 58.0″[1]
Redshift| 0.2559[2]
Distance| 2.9 billion light-years
(Light travel time)[2]
3.2 billion light-years
(present)[2]
Type| Sy2[2]
FR II[2]
narrow-line radio galaxy[3]
Apparent dimensions (V)| 0.25'X0.19'
Apparent magnitude (V)| 19.0[2]
Other designations
DA 93, LEDA 1524618, 3C 79, 4C 16.07, PGC 1524618, QSO B0307+169
See also: Quasar,List of quasars]]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SIMBAD
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.
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.

## External links

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

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