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.

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ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS

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Identificazione:eso1122b
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 29 Giugno 2011 19:00
Notizie relative:eso1122
Grandezza:1298 x 1298 px

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Nome:ULAS J1120+0641
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Distanza:z=7.1 (spostamento del rosso)
Categoria:Quasars and Black Holes

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