Redshift Gallery: Quasars

The following table shows how quasars at different redshifts appear to us, both photometrically and spectroscopically. The redshift (z) of each quasar is listed in the leftmost column.

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0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.6
3.7
3.8
4.0
4.1
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
5.0

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