Pōniuāʻena, the second most distant quasar ever discovered (VIDEO)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

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Astronomers have discovered the second most distant quasar ever found, using the international Gemini Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). It is also the first quasar to receive an indigenous Hawaiian name, Pōniuāʻena.

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International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Pete Marenfeld, ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser. A Special Thanks to A Hua He Inoa and the 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i Music: zero-project -- The Lower Dungeons (zero-project.gr).

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