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  2. Magnetar - Wikipedia

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    A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (~10 9 to 10 11 T, ~10 13 to 10 15 G). [1] The magnetic-field decay powers the emission of high- energy electromagnetic radiation , particularly X-rays and gamma rays .

  3. 3C 454.3 - Wikipedia

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    3C 454.3 is a blazar (a type of quasar with a jet oriented toward Earth) located away from the galactic plane.It is one of the brightest gamma ray sources in the sky, [2] and is one of the most luminous astronomical object ever observed, with a maximum absolute magnitude of -31.4. [3]

  4. List of quasars - Wikipedia

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    RX J1131-1231 is the name of the complex, quasar, host galaxy and lensing galaxy, together. The quasar's host galaxy is also lensed into a Chwolson ring about the lensing galaxy. The four images of the quasar are embedded in the ring image. Cloverleaf: 4 [3] Brightest known high-redshift source of CO emission [4] QSO B1359+154: 6

  5. Pulsar - Wikipedia

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    X-ray pulsar-based navigation and timing (XNAV) or simply pulsar navigation is a navigation technique whereby the periodic X-ray signals emitted from pulsars are used to determine the location of a vehicle, such as a spacecraft in deep space. A vehicle using XNAV would compare received X-ray signals with a database of known pulsar frequencies ...

  6. PKS 1127-145 - Wikipedia

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    PKS 1127-145 is a radio-loud quasar [1] located in the constellation of Crater. This is a Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum object [2] [3] with a redshift of (z) 1.187, [4] first discovered by astronomers in 1966. [5] Its radio spectrum appears to be flat making it a flat-spectrum radio quasar, or an FRSQ in short. [6] [7]

  7. Blazar - Wikipedia

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    A blazar is an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with a relativistic jet (a jet composed of ionized matter traveling at nearly the speed of light) directed very nearly towards an observer. Relativistic beaming of electromagnetic radiation from the jet makes blazars appear much brighter than they would be if the jet were pointed in a direction away ...

  8. Goldman vs. Magnetar: A Dozen Questions About the Subprime ...

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    With Magnetar, the most disturbing thing about it comes down to this: Before the Pro Publica investigation, I had thought Magnetar had sponsored $30 billion in deals.

  9. Quasar - Wikipedia

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    The first true quadruple quasar system was discovered in 2015 at a redshift z = 2.0412 and has an overall physical scale of about 200 kpc (roughly 650,000 light-years). [74] A multiple-image quasar is a quasar whose light undergoes gravitational lensing, resulting in double, triple