Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)
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CTA-102 Quasar, erdmanpe
CTA-102 Quasar
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CTA-102 Quasar

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CTA-102 Quasar, erdmanpe
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CTA-102 Quasar

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The circled object is the highly variable, blazar-type quasar CTA-102,  z=1.037 (~8 billion light years distant) during a recent outburst. Hard to imagine such objects. Log stretch in Maxim. Yes, I need better flats, but this was a quickie.

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CTA-102 Quasar, erdmanpe