IC 2497
id:
ic-2497-243-10718839
title:
IC 2497
text:
IC 2497 is a spiral galaxy close to the intergalactic cloud Hanny's Voorwerp. The galaxy is a former quasar, whose light lit up Hanny's Voorwerp, which is now a light echo of that extinct quasar. It is about 45,000–70,000 light-years (14,000–21,000 pc) away from Hanny's Voorwerp. The quasar shut down sometime in the last 70,000 years. This revises current theories of quasar operation, as the quasar is quiescent, shutting down much faster than was thought possible, and is much cooler than predict
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_2497
date created:
date modified:
2023-03-27T05:09:53Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1341148","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1341148"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Hannys_voorwerp.jpg","width":1194,"height":1674}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15