new super quasar

[nytecam]

Nature and other media http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/science-sdss-j01002802-record-breaking-quasar-02539.html report a new record breaking super luminous quasar @12.8BLY < 1BLY after the Big Bang. 

Here's my pic from this evening [data on image] which shows the field in Pisces but not the quasar as too faint and radiating in infra-red due to its huge red-shift.  I've included a chain of mag 12 stars at the bottom of the field for reference - thus the quasar is off centre. On the right is the quasar from Sloan DSS/Wikisky.

Might be worth a peep at the area for fun.  The object is called SDSS J010013.02+280225.8  which is also its sky co-ordinates

eg RA 01 00 13.02  Dec+28 02 25.8

[Ruud]

A very deep image. Really deep.

Awesome!

[bish]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.

[Dave In Vermont]

Great job bagging that! Amazing things those quasars. I'm off to enter it's coordinates into my software du jour.

Clear Skies,

Dave