Q0906+6930
Blazar in the constellation Ursa Major / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Q0906+6930 was the most distant known blazar[1] (redshift 5.47 / 12.2 billion light years)[2] at the time of its discovery in July, 2004. The engine of the blazar is a supermassive black hole (SMBH) approximately 2 billion times the mass of the Sun[3] (the mass of the Milky Way Galaxy is around 1.5 trillion solar masses). The event horizon volume is on the order of 1,000 times that of the Solar System. It is one of the most massive black holes on record.
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Q0906+6930 or QSO J0906+6930 | |
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Observation data (Epoch J2000) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 09h 06m 30.75s[1] |
Declination | +69° 30′ 30.8″[1] |
Redshift | 5.47[1][2] |
Distance | 12.3 billion light-years (Light travel time)[2] |
Type | Blazar[1][3] |
Other designations | |
QSO B0901+6942, CLASS B0901+697, GB6 J0906+6930, QSO J0906+6930, BWE 0901+6942, GB6 B0901+6942, 87GB 090153.2+694215. | |
See also: Quasar, List of quasars |
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