---
title: "Quasars — black holes"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes?type=Quasar"
release: "DR1"
licence: "Each object is under the terms of its own upstream catalogue, named on its page and in its markdown."
citation: null
---

# Quasars — black holes

Regions where gravity wins. From stellar remnants a few times the Sun's mass to the giants anchoring entire [galaxies](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies).

## Ranked lists

- [The nearest black holes to Earth](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes/nearest.md)
- [The most massive black holes](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes/biggest.md)
- [The quasars](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes/quasars.md)

## The table

39 black holes, sorted by name. Rows 1–20, page 1 of 2.

| Name | Class | Mass | Distance | Mag | Constellation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [3C 147](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-147) | Quasar | — | 10.30 Gly | — | Auriga |
| [3C 273\*](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-273-star) | Quasar | 8.86×10⁸ M☉ | 2.451 Gly | — | Virgo |
| [3C 279](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-279) | Quasar | — | 9.977 Gly | — | Virgo |
| [3C 345](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-345) | Quasar | — | 11.28 Gly | — | Hercules |
| [3C 454.3](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-454-3) | Quasar | — | 17.69 Gly | — | Pegasus |
| [3C 48](https://spacecatalog.org/object/3c-48) | Quasar | — | 6.442 Gly | — | Triangulum |
| [4C +21.35](https://spacecatalog.org/object/pks-1222-216) | Quasar | — | 7.725 Gly | — | Coma Berenices |
| [4C 71.07](https://spacecatalog.org/object/4c-71-07) | Quasar | — | 55.40 Gly | — | Ursa Major |
| [APM 08279+5255](https://spacecatalog.org/object/apm-08279-5255) | Quasar | — | 112.1 Gly | — | Lynx |
| [Cloverleaf quasar](https://spacecatalog.org/object/cloverleaf-quasar) | Quasar | — | 66.23 Gly | — | Boötes |
| [CTA 102](https://spacecatalog.org/object/cta-102) | Quasar | — | 22.32 Gly | — | Pegasus |
| [H1821+643](https://spacecatalog.org/object/h-1821-643) | Quasar | — | 4.990 Gly | — | Draco |
| [HE 0435-1223](https://spacecatalog.org/object/he-0435-1223) | Quasar | — | 40.90 Gly | — | Eridanus |
| [HS 1946+7658](https://spacecatalog.org/object/hs-1946-7658) | Quasar | — | 82.36 Gly | — | Draco |
| [IRAS F10214+4724](https://spacecatalog.org/object/iras-f10214-4724) | Quasar | — | 58.86 Gly | — | Ursa Major |
| [J0313-1806](https://spacecatalog.org/object/qso-j0313-1806) | Quasar | 1.6×10⁹ M☉ | 244.8 Gly | — | Eridanus |
| [J0439+1634](https://spacecatalog.org/object/uhs-j0439-1634) | Quasar | — | 203.8 Gly | — | Taurus |
| [J0906+6930](https://spacecatalog.org/object/qso-j0906-6930) | Quasar | — | 163.9 Gly | — | Ursa Major |
| [Markarian 231](https://spacecatalog.org/object/mrk-231) | Quasar | — | 607.9 Mly | — | Ursa Major |
| [PDS 456](https://spacecatalog.org/object/pds-456) | Quasar | — | 2.907 Gly | — | Serpens |

[Next page](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?type=Quasar&page=2)

## By class

- [Quasar · 39](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?type=Quasar)
- [Stellar-mass black hole · 8](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?type=Stellar-mass+black+hole)
- [Supermassive black hole · 3](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?type=Supermassive+black+hole)
- [Intermediate-mass black hole · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?type=Intermediate-mass+black+hole)

## By constellation

- [Ursa Major · 6](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=ursa-major&type=Quasar)
- [Virgo · 4](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=virgo&type=Quasar)
- [Boötes · 3](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=bootes&type=Quasar)
- [Draco · 3](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=draco&type=Quasar)
- [Pegasus · 3](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=pegasus&type=Quasar)
- [Aquila · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=aquila&type=Quasar)
- [Crater · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=crater&type=Quasar)
- [Cygnus · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=cygnus&type=Quasar)
- [Eridanus · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=eridanus&type=Quasar)
- [Sagittarius · 2](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=sagittarius&type=Quasar)
- [Aquarius · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=aquarius&type=Quasar)
- [Auriga · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=auriga&type=Quasar)
- [Canes Venatici · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=canes-venatici&type=Quasar)
- [Capricornus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=capricornus&type=Quasar)
- [Centaurus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=centaurus&type=Quasar)
- [Cepheus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=cepheus&type=Quasar)
- [Coma Berenices · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=coma-berenices&type=Quasar)
- [Hercules · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=hercules&type=Quasar)
- [Hydra · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=hydra&type=Quasar)
- [Leo · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=leo&type=Quasar)
- [Lynx · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=lynx&type=Quasar)
- [Mensa · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=mensa&type=Quasar)
- [Monoceros · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=monoceros&type=Quasar)
- [Ophiuchus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=ophiuchus&type=Quasar)
- [Perseus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=perseus&type=Quasar)
- [Phoenix · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=phoenix&type=Quasar)
- [Pisces · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=pisces&type=Quasar)
- [Piscis Austrinus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=piscis-austrinus&type=Quasar)
- [Serpens · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=serpens&type=Quasar)
- [Sextans · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=sextans&type=Quasar)
- [Taurus · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=taurus&type=Quasar)
- [Triangulum · 1](https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes.md?constellation=triangulum&type=Quasar)

The page itself, with its search box, its sortable columns and its figures: https://spacecatalog.org/black-holes?type=Quasar
