Sam Wormley wrote:
Is there any estimates about if a quasar were to exist today, how
bright it would be comparatively in our sky?
Yousuf Khan


http://www.nrao.edu/pr/1998/quasars/

This seems to indicate that nearby quasars are pretty normal looking in
visible light, but they're lit up in radio light. But aren't quasars out
in the distance supposed to be very bright in the visible?

Yousuf Khan