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.

Crédit:

ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1122b
Type:Observation
Date de publication:29 juin 2011 19:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1122
Taille:1298 x 1298 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:ULAS J1120+0641
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Distance:z=7.1 (redshift)
Catégorie:Quasars and Black Holes

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Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Infrarouge
i
Liverpool Telescope
Infrarouge
z
Isaac Newton Telescope
Infrarouge
(Y+J)
UKIRT