Astronomy:1ES 2344+514
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Short description: Blazar in Cassiopeia
| 1ES 2344+514 | |
|---|---|
 The location of quasar 1ES 2344+514 (circled in blue) | |
| Observation data (Epoch ) | |
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
| Right ascension | 23h 47m 04.838s[1] |
| Declination | +51° 42′ 17.88″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.044[2] |
| Other designations | |
| TeV J2347+517, 2MASS J23470484+5142178, WISE J234704.83+514217.9, Gaia DR2 1945016660584494208[3] | |
| See also: Quasar,List of quasars]] | |
1ES 2344+514 is a blazar first detected on December 20, 1995 with its official discovery being announced in 1998. It is more than 5 billion light years away from Earth. It was discovered by the Whipple Collaboration at the Whipple Observatory using a 10 meter gamma-ray telescope.[4][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "TeVCat Gamma-Ray Source Summary: 1ES 2344+514". http://tevcat.uchicago.edu/?mode=1;id=77.
- ↑ "QSO B2344+514". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=QSO+B2344%2B514.
- ↑ Catanese, M.; Akerlof, C. W.; Badran, H. M.; Biller, S. D.; Bond, I. H.; Boyle, P. J.; Bradbury, S. M.; Buckley, J. H. et al. (1998-07-01). "Discovery of Gamma-Ray Emission above 350 GeV from the BL Lacertae Object 1ES 2344+514". The Astrophysical Journal 501 (2): 616–623. doi:10.1086/305857. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 1998ApJ...501..616C. http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/9948/1/MC-Discovery-1998.pdf.
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