View source for 3C 212

{{Short description|Quasar in the constellation Cancer}}
{{Quasar
  | name = [[Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources|3C]] 212
  | image =
  | epoch = [[J2000]]
  | ra = {{RA|08|58|41.4449}}<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | dec = {{DEC|+14|09|44.750}}<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | constellation name = [[Cancer]]
  | z = 1.048<ref name="ned" />
  | type = Rad, QSO, Bla, X, G, IR<ref name=SIMBAD/><br>QSO, FR II<ref name="ned" />
  | dist_ly = {{convert|3343|Mpc|ly|lk=on}} {{hub|0.73|link=yes}}<ref name="ned">{{cite web
    | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
    | work=Results for 3C 212
    | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=3C+212&extend=no
    | access-date=2 June 2015 }}</ref>
  | appmag_v = 19.06<ref name=SIMBAD/>
  | size_v =
  | notes =
  | names = BWE 0855+1421, [[Quasar|QSO]] J0858+1409, [[Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database|LEDA]] 2817600
}}

'''3C 212''' is a [[quasar]]<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite web |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=3C+212 |title=Query : 3C 212 |website=Simbad |publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]] |access-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> located in the [[constellation]] [[Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]. At redshift 1.048, it is one of the luminous and distant AGNs ([[Active galactic nucleus|Active Galactic Nuclei]]) observed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Aldcroft |first=T. L. |last2=Siemiginowska |first2=A. |last3=Elvis |first3=M. |last4=Mathur |first4=S. |last5=Nicastro |first5=F. |last6=Murray |first6=S. S. |date=2003-11-10 |title=''Chandra''Observation of 3C 212: A New Look at the X‐Ray and Ultraviolet Absorbers |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/378640 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=597 |issue=2 |pages=751–758 |doi=10.1086/378640 |issn=0004-637X|arxiv=astro-ph/0307397 }}</ref>

3C 212 is classified as radio-loud and is considered to be a prototype "red quasar",<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=H. E. |last2=Spinrad |first2=H. |date=1980-03-01 |title=Spectrophotometry of faint, red 3C QSO candidates. |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980ApJ...236..419S/abstract |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=236 |pages=419–429 |doi=10.1086/157758 |issn=0004-637X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Absorption in 3C 212 |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994ApJ...431L..75M |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=X-ray Absorption Towards the Red Quasar 3C 212 |url=https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1994ApJ...425..103E |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref> with a faint optical counterpart. In additional, it is said to contain an [[X-ray astronomy|X-ray]] absorber.<ref name=":0" /> 

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-QSO-3C212.htm Detailed CCD image of 3C 212 based on 60 min total exposure]

{{Stars of Cancer}}

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[[Category:Quasars]]
[[Category:3C objects|212]]
[[Category:Cancer (constellation)]]


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