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About the Object	Object Name: PG 2112+059 Object Type: Quasar Position (J2000): RA: 21 14 52.57 Dec: +06 07 42.5 Distance: 2500 Mpc, 8.2 billion light-years Constellation: Equuleus (Equ) or the Foal or Little Horse
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/F. Markwick-Kemper (University of Manchester) Instrument: IRS Exposure Date: May 25, 2005 Exposure Time: 240 seconds Release Date: October 1, 2007
Observers	F. Markwick-Kemper (University of Manchester) S. C. Gallagher (University of California at Los Angeles) D.C. Hines (Space Science Institute) J. Bouwman (Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy)

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