Word: superbright
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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These are quasi-stellar blue galaxies -sort of quasi-quasars. Caltech's Dr. Allan Sandage described them in the Astrophysical Journal last week, adding that he suspected them of being "very distant, superbright galaxies reaching more than halfway to the horizon of the universe." Like quasars, they resemble stars, are up to 100 times as bright as an ordinary galaxy, and are receding from earth at tremendous speeds. Unlike quasars, they emit no radio energy...
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