Artist’s impression of the record-breaking quasar J0529-4351

This artist’s impression shows the quasar J0529-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, this quasar has been found to be the most luminous object known in the Universe to date. The supermassive black hole, seen here pulling in swirling surrounding matter, has a mass 17 billion times that of the Sun and is growing in mass by the equivalent of another Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole ever known. 

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ESO/M. Kornmesser

About the Video

Id:eso2402b
Release date:19 February 2024, 17:00
Related releases:eso2402
Duration:18 s
Frame rate:25 fps

About the Object

Name:J0529-4351
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Category:Quasars and Black Holes

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