Zwicky Transient Facility

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Quasar 62% confidence

A very distant, very luminous active galactic nucleus.

First detected: 2018-07-09 04:33 UTC; 8 years ago
Last detected: 2026-10-29 13:18 UTC; 3 days ago
Detections: 505
Position (J2000): 12:38:56.36 +12:51:42.0; 189.73485°, 12.86166°

Light curve

No light-curve points stored yet.

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Classification

lc_classifier

Quasar62%
Blazar45%

stamp_classifier

Active galactic nucleus50%
Variable star43%

Where in the sky

Whole sky, right ascension (hours) across, declination (degrees) up. The dashed curve is the plane of the Milky Way.