3C 47

{{Quasar

| name = 3C 47

| image = 3C47-U4492101R.jpg

| caption = Hubble Legacy Archive WFPC2 image of 3C 47

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|01|36|24.42}}

| dec = {{DEC|+20|57|27.5}}

| constellation name = Pisces

| z = 0.425{{cite web

|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

|work=Results for 3C 47

|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+47

|access-date=2006-10-26 }}

| type = Sy1
FR II
QSO

| dist_ly = 4.3 billion light-years (Light travel time)
5.2 billion light-years
(present)
2322 Mpc

| appmag_v = 18.1

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = LEDA 2817500, 4C 20.07, 3C 47, QSO B0133+20

}}

3C 47 is a Seyfert galaxy[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=3C+47 Simbad] / lobe-dominated quasar{{cite web

|date=2009-04-01

|title=3C 47

|publisher=XJET: X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Jets

|url=http://hea-www.harvard.edu/XJET/source-d.cgi?3C_47

|access-date=2010-04-06 }} located in the constellation Pisces. It was the first quasar found with the classic double radio-lobe structure.[http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/atlas/object/3C47.html 3C 47] (J. P. Leahy)