3C 273

Quasar / active galaxy · Brightest quasar from Earth located in the constellation Virgo

About 3C 273

The light we see from it set out 2.04 billion years ago, when the universe was 11.7 billion years old (redshift 0.158).

The map lists it as a quasar / active galaxy and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

The first quasar to have its redshift measured (Schmidt 1963) and the optically brightest.

Distance (comoving, today)	2.2 billion light-years (674 Mpc)
Redshift z	0.158
Light travel time	2.04 billion years
Universe's age when this light left	11.7 billion years
Distance method	redshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinates	SGL 112.7°, SGB -5.7°

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Cosmic web, a view about 11 billion light-years across.

3C 273 is a quasar located at the center of a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Virgo.

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