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.

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ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS

Om bilden

ID:eso1122b
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:29 juni 2011 19:00
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso1122
Storlek:1298 x 1298 px

Om objektet

Namn:ULAS J1120+0641
Typ:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Avstånd:z=7.1 (rödförskjutning)
Kategori:Quasars and Black Holes

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Färger och filter

BandTeleskop
Infrarött
i
Liverpool Telescope
Infrarött
z
Isaac Newton Telescope
Infrarött
(Y+J)
UKIRT