Optical Blue Quasar (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Optical Blue Quasar

Caption

An optical blue quasar at a lookback time of 7 billion years (this is not a nearby galaxy). Normally, something like this would not have infrared emission.

Credit

Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey DR7/NOAO

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