Is 3C405 a quasar?

And if so are there any closer Quasars?

DPRK007

This may be of interest:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=517881

A quasar is an astronomical source of electromagnetic energy,
including light, which shows a very high redshift. For more:

http://www.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/faq/quasars.html#q1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar

3C405, which is also known as Cygnus A, was the first discovered
hyper-active galaxy. So, it is not a quasar.

http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Cygnus_A.gif


The nearest quasar is 780 million, the furthest quasar is 13 billion
light years away from here.

First discovered quasar is 3c273 (it discovered in 1963). 3C 273 is a
quasar located in the constellation Virgo. For more information you
may have a look at here:

http://www.seds.org/~spider/Spider/Misc/3c273.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C273