| PKS 2126-158 | |
|---|---|
 PKS 2126-158 seen on DESI Legacy Surveys | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Capricornus |
| Right ascension | 21h 29m 12.176s |
| Declination | -15d 38m 41.04s |
| Redshift | 3.268000 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 979,722 km/s |
| Distance | 11.5 Gly (light travel time distance) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 0.216 |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 0.286 |
| Surface brightness | 16.1 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | LPQ;GPS, FRSQ |
| Other designations | |
| 2MASS J212912.18-1538410, OX -146, PKS 2126-15, PGC 4681153, IRCF J212912.1-153841, 2E 4479, SWIFT J2129.1-1538, PMN J2129-1538, NVSS J212912-153841 | |
PKS 2126-158 (referred to QSO B2126-158), also known as PKS 2126-15, is a quasar located in Capricornus. It has a redshift of 3.268000, which corresponds to the distance of 11.5 billion light years.[1] It is classified as a gigahertz peaked-spectrum quasar (GPS)[2] with a flat-spectrum radio source[3] and a blazar, a type of active galaxy shooting an astrophysical jet towards Earth.
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