3C 212

{{Short description|Quasar in the constellation Cancer}}

{{Quasar

| name = 3C 212

| image =

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|08|58|41.4449}}

| dec = {{DEC|+14|09|44.750}}

| constellation name = Cancer

| z = 1.048

| type = Rad, QSO, Bla, X, G, IR
QSO, FR II

| dist_ly = {{convert|3343|Mpc|ly|lk=on}} {{hub|0.73|link=yes}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for 3C 212

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+212&extend=no

| access-date=2 June 2015 }}

| appmag_v = 19.06

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = BWE 0855+1421, QSO J0858+1409, LEDA 2817600

}}

3C 212 is a quasar{{cite web |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=3C+212 |title=Query : 3C 212 |website=Simbad |publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg |access-date=2 June 2015}} located in the constellation Cancer. At redshift 1.048, it is one of the luminous and distant AGNs (Active Galactic Nuclei) observed.{{Cite journal |last=Aldcroft |first=T. L. |last2=Siemiginowska |first2=A. |last3=Elvis |first3=M. |last4=Mathur |first4=S. |last5=Nicastro |first5=F. |last6=Murray |first6=S. S. |date=2003-11-10 |title=ChandraObservation of 3C 212: A New Look at the X‐Ray and Ultraviolet Absorbers |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/378640 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=597 |issue=2 |pages=751–758 |doi=10.1086/378640 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=astro-ph/0307397 }}

3C 212 is classified as radio-loud and is considered to be a prototype "red quasar",{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=H. E. |last2=Spinrad |first2=H. |date=1980-03-01 |title=Spectrophotometry of faint, red 3C QSO candidates. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJ...236..419S/abstract |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=236 |pages=419–429 |doi=10.1086/157758 |issn=0004-637X}}{{Cite web |title=Absorption in 3C 212 |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994ApJ...431L..75M |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=adsabs.harvard.edu}}{{Cite web |title=X-ray Absorption Towards the Red Quasar 3C 212 |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994ApJ...425..103E |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=adsabs.harvard.edu}} with a faint optical counterpart. In additional, it is said to contain an X-ray absorber.