Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3073  ·  NGC 3079
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Twin Quasar and NGC 3079, SDST
Twin Quasar and NGC 3079
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Twin Quasar and NGC 3079

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Twin Quasar and NGC 3079, SDST
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Twin Quasar and NGC 3079

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Quasar QSO 0957+561. A quasar dicovered in 1979 that appears like two stars due to gravitational lensing caused by nearby galaxy, as Einstein predicted in General Theory of Relativity.

Redshift 1.413

Team SDST ( Swedish deep sky telescope ).

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Twin Quasar and NGC 3079, SDST