CID-42

CID-42 (also known as CXOC J100043.1+020637) is a galaxy quasar about 3.9 billion light years away in the constellation Sextans. It is believed to have a supermassive black hole at its center.

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It sits within the topics Quasars, Sextans and Supermassive black holes.

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Instance of: brightest cluster galaxy
Constellation: Sextans
Image: Cid-42.jpg

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redshift: 0.360
right ascension: 150.17971572160290
declination: 2.11038574255460
apparent magnitude: 20.253
epoch: J2000.0
catalog code: Gaia DR2 3836070076444847360
radial velocity: 89302
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CID-42 (also known as CXOC J100043.1+020637) is a galaxy quasar about 3.9 billion light years away in the constellation Sextans. It is believed to have a supermassive black hole at its center.

==Description== CID-42 is thought to be the result of a galaxy collision between two smaller galaxies. It has a distinctive trail of stars extending many light years.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CID-42” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.