3C 66A

id: 3c-66a-243-16749513
title: 3C 66A
text: 3C 66A is a blazar located in the constellation Andromeda. The "distance" of a far away galaxy depends on the distance measurement used. With a redshift of 0.444, light from this active galaxy is estimated to have taken around 4.5 billion years to reach Earth. But as a result of the expansion of the Universe, the present (co-moving) distance to this galaxy is about 5.4 billion light-years. Even at this great distance this blazar has an apparent magnitude of about 15.5. Although 0.444 is used as
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description: Galaxy in constellation Andromeda
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C_66A
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date modified: 2022-05-26T01:19:02Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/HST-3C66A-U4492701R.gif","width":1244,"height":623}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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