Quasar
One of the most distant quasars ever found, observed as it existed when the universe was less than 700 million years old.
| Type | Quasar |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 13,000,000,000 ly |
| Mass | 3.18 × 10^39 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 24.5 |
| Redshift | 7.64 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 2021 |
Its mass is 1,598,793,363 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from J0313-1806 tonight left it around 13,030,000,000 years ago.
Its light arrives redshifted by z = 7.64, stretched on the way here by the universe's expansion.
It has been on record since 2021.
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