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Quasar 3C 48

Quasar 3C 48
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Description: Quasar 3C 48
For several years, astronomers erroneously believed that this object is
simply a peculiar, nearby star that happens to emit radio waves.
Actually, the redshift of this starlike object is so great that, according
to the Hubble law, it must be roughly 4 billion ly away.
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