The most distant quasar

This image of ULAS J1120+0641, a very distant quasar powered by a black hole with a mass two billion times that of the Sun, was created from images taken from surveys made by both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. The quasar appears as a faint red dot close to the centre. This quasar is the most distant yet found and is seen as it was just 770 million years after the Big Bang.

Créditos:

ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS

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Id:eso1122b
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:29 de Junho de 2011 às 19:00
Notícias relacionadas:eso1122
Tamanho:1298 x 1298 px

Sobre o objeto

Nome:ULAS J1120+0641
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Distância:z=7.1 (desvio para o vermelho)
Categoria:Quasars and Black Holes

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