Star with a weird SED

• by Artman40

  SIMBAD says this object is a star but it SIMBAd wrong in this case? There seem to be two objects. Is one of them a quasar?

  Posted July 8, 2014 5:27 PM

• by TED91 moderator

  This isn't star indeed, probably quasar

  http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr9/en/tools/quicklook/quickobj.asp?id=1237680263450067078

  Distance: 850.2 Mpc

  http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-ref=VIZ53bc12ab0aa8&-out.add=.&-source=J/A%2BA/561/A67/table23&recno=71

  Posted July 8, 2014 5:47 PM

• by Artman40

  On the positive note, that quasar has numerous stars with protoplanetary disks.

  Posted July 9, 2014 12:57 AM