Artist’s impression of distant quasar
This animation shows an artist’s impression of J043947.08+163415.7, a very distant quasar powered by a supermassive black hole. This object is by far the brightest object yet discovered in the early Universe.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser
About the Video
| Id: | heic1902a |
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| Release date: | 9 January 2019, 23:15 |
| Related releases: | heic1902 |
| Duration: | 18 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | J043947.08+163415.7 |
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| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
