ULAS J1120+0641

Extremely distant quasar

ULAS J1120+0641 is a quasar in the constellation Leo. It was discovered in June 2011.[1] It was the most distant known quasar but then an another quasar named ULAS J1342+0928 was found in 2017 was found further away.[2][3][4] It is at a projected comoving distance of 28.85 billion light years and was the first quasar found beyond a redshift of z = 7.[5]

The faint red dot in the centre of the picture is the quasar.

References

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  1. Jackson, Nicholas (30 June 2011). "Early Quasar Is Brightest Object Ever Found in the Universe". The Atlantic. Retrieved 30 June 2011. ULAS J1120+0641 took the brightest object title from another quasar that wasn't formed until about 100 million years later, when the universe was 870 million years old.
  2. Bañados, Eduardo; et al. (6 December 2017). "An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5". Nature. 553 (7689): 473–476. arXiv:1712.01860. Bibcode:2018Natur.553..473B. doi:10.1038/nature25180. PMID 29211709. S2CID 205263326.
  3. Landau, Elizabeth; Bañados, Eduardo (6 December 2017). "Found: Most Distant Black Hole". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. Choi, Charles Q. (6 December 2017). "Oldest Monster Black Hole Ever Found Is 800 Million Times More Massive Than the Sun". Space.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. Steve Warren; Daniel Mortlock; et al. (May 2011). "Photometry of the z=7.08 quasar ULAS J1120+0641". Spitzer Proposals. 80114: 80114. Bibcode:2011sptz.prop80114W.