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.

Kilde:

ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS

Om billedet

Id:eso1122b
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:29. juni 2011 19:00
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso1122
Størrelse:1298 x 1298 px

Om objektet

Navn:ULAS J1120+0641
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Afstand:z=7.1 (rødforskydning)
Kategori:Quasars and Black Holes

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Farver & filtre

BåndTeleskop
Infrarød
i
Liverpool Telescope
Infrarød
z
Isaac Newton Telescope
Infrarød
(Y+J)
UKIRT