Monday, January 23, 2012

Quasar, galaxy, constellation, which one is furthest away from us?

Maybe arrange these 3 in the order of increasing distance from the Earth.Quasar, galaxy, constellation, which one is furthest away from us?Quasar is a type of active galaxy, so it will be difficult to rank them with galaxy as one of the other option. Generally, quasars are distant from the Milky Way or we would be in trouble. Constellations are definitely the nearest as they are formed by stars in our milky way and perceived as shapes and figures by us.Quasar, galaxy, constellation, which one is furthest away from us?One being an arraignment of a few nearby stars in an arbitrary pattern is obviously closest. But there are galaxies closer and further than quasars - neither are at a set distance. Unless you mean our galaxy? In which case since we're in our galaxy that would be the closest - this isn't a well defined question.Quasar, galaxy, constellation, which one is furthest away from us?There is no answer to this as all of them are scattered throughout the universe! Constellations would be the closest but they are no more than designs we see in the sky. We could travel all around the universe and name constellations by patterns we see.Quasar, galaxy, constellation, which one is furthest away from us?
quasars are quasi stellar objects, and are like galaxies. All stars are associated with galaxies.



Constellations are a way the ancients saw the stars, as making patterns in the heavens, they are figments of man's imagination, and can only exist if viewed from Earth. In any constellation, there are all sorts of astronomical objects, including galaxies, so the question is irrelevent.



Galaxies are the furthest observable objects, the constellations mearly the man-made contexts in which they appear.

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