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

Kuvasta

Tunnistus:eso1122b
Tyyppi:Havainto
Julkaisupäivä:29. kesäkuuta 2011 19:00
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso1122
Koko:1298 x 1298 px

Kohteesta

Nimi:ULAS J1120+0641
Tyyppi:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Etäisyys:z=7.1 (punasiirtymä)
Kategoria:Quasars and Black Holes

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Värit ja suotimet

KaistaTeleskooppi
Infrapuna
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Liverpool Telescope
Infrapuna
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Isaac Newton Telescope
Infrapuna
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UKIRT