CID-42
Sign in to saveCID-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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- redshift
- 0.360
- right ascension
- 150.17971572160290
- declination
- 2.11038574255460
- apparent magnitude
- 20.253
- 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.
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