| 3C 295 | |
|---|---|
 3C 295 by Chandra X-Ray Observatory Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14h 11m 20.6s[1] |
| Declination | +52° 12′ 21″[1] |
| Redshift | 108508 km/s 0.456 (SIMBAD)[2] 0.464 (NED)[1] |
| Distance | 4.6 billion light-years (Light travel time)[1] 5.6 billion light-years (present)[1] 2486 Mpc (Luminosity distance)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 19.8[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | FRII RG[3] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2 Mly diameter |
| Other designations | |
| DA 360, 3C 295, 4C 52.30, QSO B1409+524,[2] PGC 2817657 | |
3C 295 is a narrow-line radio galaxy located in the constellation of Boötes. With a redshift of 0.464,[1] it is approximately 5 billion light-years from Earth.[1] At time of the discovery of its redshift in 1960, this was the remotest object known.[4]
- ^ a b c d e f g "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for 3C 295. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ^ a b c "3C 295". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ a b "3C 295". XJET: X-Ray Emission from Extragalactic Radio Jets. 2004-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ Table 1 in Daniel Stern; Hyron Spinrad (1999). "Search Techniques for Distant Galaxies". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 111 (766): 1475–1502. arXiv:astro-ph/9912082. Bibcode:1999PASP..111.1475S. doi:10.1086/316471. S2CID 17540092.