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Peer Into the Distant Universe: How to See Quasars With Backyard Telescopes
Seen at the James and Barbara Moore Observatory in Punta Gorda, Florida: a scope worthy of a quasar hunt. Photo by author.
“How far can you see with that thing?”
It’s a common question overhead at many public star parties in reference to telescopes.
In the coming weeks as the Moon passes Full and moves out of the evening sky, we’d like to challenge you to hunt down a bright example of one of the most distant and exotic objects known: a quasar.(…)
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© David Dickinson for Universe Today, 2015. |
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Post tags: 2C 273, amateur quasars, BL Lacertae object, bright quasars, Einstein’s Cross, quasar challenge, quasars
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