After viewing a composition presented at Nuit Blanche Toronto by one of my old professors I had to do some research on his project...actual research. The project was showcased in a parking garage in Nathan Phillips Square. It was entitled:
Quasar 2.0: Star Incubator (Q2:SI).
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| (Q2:SI) at Nuit Blanche Toronto. |
After Googling the term to see if anything interesting came up, I found that a Quasar is actually a phenomenon in space studied by astronomers and astrophysicists. I briefly researched them and had to stop before my mind exploded by the sheer magnitude of this oddity.
So to give you just a little back story on what Quasars are and what they do I present:
Fun facts about Quasars:
- A quasi-stellar radio source or Quasar is a high concentration of electromagnetic energy in space.
- Forms in young galaxies.
- Is the result of the expansion of the universe.
- Is a compact region in the center of a massive galaxy that surrounds a central “supermassive black hole".
- i.e. Supermassice black holes sit at the center of quasars feeding them energy from a "host galaxy".
- Emits 1000x more energy than that of our own Milky Way galaxy.
- Is a "galactic nucleus".
- Centrifuge for possible galaxy creation.
- Are comparatively small compared to our own galaxy.
- Are as far as 28 billion light years away.
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ULAS J1120+0641 Quasar. It shown as the smal red dot in the center of the picture.
It is the farthest know Quasar residing at 28.81 billion light years away from Earth. |
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| An artist's rendering of ULAS J1120 Quasar. |
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| Hubble Space Telescope image of Quasar 3C 273. |
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X-ray image of 3C 273 with its "jet" fuelled by a
supermassive black hole. |
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| An artist's rendering of Quasar 3C 279. |
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Image of Quasar 3C 175. Shown as the small dot in the center
we can see its jet emitting particles via a supermassive
black hole. |
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| An artist's rendering of Quasar 3C 120. |
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