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File:Best image of bright quasar 3C 273 (10953173335).jpg

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This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) is likely the best of ancient and brilliant quasar 3C 273, which resides in a giant elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin). Its light has taken some 2.5 billion years to reach us. Despite this great distance, it is still one of the closest quasars to our home. It was the first quasar ever to be identified, and was discovered in the early 1960s by astronomer Allan Sandage.

More information: <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1346a/" rel="nofollow">www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1346a/</a>

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