Record Breaking Quasar

[tomato]

The associated Black Hole is 17 billion solar masses and the Quasar is 500 trillion times more luminous than the sun, it has an apparent magnitude of 16, even though it is 12 billion light years distant. I would love to try and image it but unfortunately it is not visible from the UK. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68346725

 

[ONIKKINEN]

17 billion solar masses, 500 trillion times the sun's luminosity, 7 light year accretion disk, eating one solar mass of matter every day. The numbers are so crazy it hardly makes any sense! What an unimaginable beast.

Thanks for posting, very interesting.

[tomato]

Apparently it was mistaken for a star in our own galaxy on earlier surveys, the numbers are, as you say, unimaginable. Looking forward to seeing an image posted by one of our fellow SGL members based in the Southern hemisphere.

[SteveWolves]

Hi

Doug & I could try with the southern Faulkes scopes.

[tomato]

11 minutes ago, SteveWolves said:

Hi

Doug & I could try with the southern Faulkes scopes.

Steve, here are the co-ordinates if you need them.