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Q1634+706
Quasar light travel distance: 8.95 Bly image size: 90'x60' visual magnitude 13.7 ST-8XME camera FSQ-106EDX III scope @ 530mm (f/5) AP900 mount 9.7 hour total exposure LRGB 170:150:140:120 subs 10:10:10:10 binned 1:2:2:2 (3.50" per pixel unbinned) Guiding with ST-402XME camera on 2.8" Pronto scope @ 475mm (f/6.8) Q1634+706 is an active galaxy known as a quasar. It appears in this image as just a small dim star like object. It's measured redshift of 1.3340 places it at a current distance of 13.37 billion ly moving away from us at 95% of the speed of light. It was 5.73 billion ly away when the light in this image started its journey taking 8.95 billion years to reach us. |
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