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First light from FERMI. Credit: NASA / FERMI (via Tom’s Astronomy Blog » GLAST is Now FERMI) From the NASA press release: […] A fourth bright spot in the LAT image lies some 7.1 billion light-years away, far beyond our galaxy. This is 3C 454.3 in Pegasus, a type of active galaxy called a blazar. It’s now undergoing a flaring episode that makes it especially bright. […]

First light from FERMI. Credit: NASA / FERMI (via Tom’s Astronomy Blog » GLAST is Now FERMI)

From the NASA press release:

[…] A fourth bright spot in the LAT image lies some 7.1 billion light-years away, far beyond our galaxy. This is 3C 454.3 in Pegasus, a type of active galaxy called a blazar. It’s now undergoing a flaring episode that makes it especially bright. […]
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