3C 9
{{Quasar
| name = 3C 9
| image =
| epoch = J2000
| ra = {{RA|00|20|25.22}}
| dec = {{DEC|+15|40|54.7}}
| constellation name = Pisces
| z = 2.0194
{{nowrap|240,526 km/s}}
| dist_ly = 10 billion light-years
(light travel time){{cite web
|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
|work=Results for 3C 009
|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+9&extend=no
|access-date=2010-04-20 }}
~17 billion light-years
(present comoving distance)
| size_v =
| notes =
| names = 2C 26, LEDA 2817473
}}
3C 9 is a lobe-dominated quasar{{cite simbad|title=3C 9|access-date=2019-11-20}}{{cite web
|date=2009-03-26
|title=3C 9
|publisher=XJET: X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Jets
|url=http://hea-www.harvard.edu/XJET/source-d.cgi?3C_9
|access-date=2010-04-06}} located in the constellation Pisces.
In 1965, it was the most distant object discovered at the time of discovery. This was the first object found with a redshift in excess of 2.Time magazine, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080423044527/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898892,00.html The Quasi-Quasars], Friday, June 18, 1965
References
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External links
- Wikisky [http://www.wikisky.org/?ra=0.34033889999999983&de=15.681861&zoom=11&show_grid=1&show_constellation_lines=1&show_constellation_boundaries=1&show_const_names=0&show_galaxies=1&show_box=1&box_ra=0.3403389&box_de=15.681861&box_width=50&box_height=50&img_source=DSS2 image] of 3C 9
- [https://ps1images.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/ps1cutouts?pos=00%3A20%3A25.22+%2B15%3A40%3A54.7&filter=color&filter=g&filter=r&filter=i&filter=z&filetypes=stack&auxiliary=data&size=1024&output_size=512&verbose=0&autoscale=99.500000&catlist= Image] of 3C 9 by PanSTARRS
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