SDSS J0100+2802
Coordinates: 
01h 00m 13.02s, +28° 02′ 25″
| SDSS J0100+2802 [1] | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) | |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 00m 13.02s |
| Declination | +28° 02′ 25.8″ |
| Redshift | 6.30 [1] |
| Distance | 12.8×109 light-years (3.9×109 parsecs) |
| Other designations | |
| SDSS J010013.02+280225.8 | |
| See also: Quasar, List of quasars | |
SDSS J0100+2802 (SDSS J010013.02+280225.8) is a hyperluminous quasar located near the border of the constellations Pisces and Andromeda. It has a redshift of 6.30,[1] which corresponds to a distance of 12.8 billion light years from Earth and was formed 900 million years after the Big Bang.[2] It unleashes an immense amount of power equivalent to 3×1041 watts, which corresponds to the absolute bolometric magnitude of -31.7 which is 4.3×1014 times the luminosity of the Sun, and 40,000 times as luminous as all of the 400 billion stars of the Milky Way galaxy combined. SDSS J0100+2802 is about four times more luminous than SDSS J1148+5251, and seven times more luminous than ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar known,[1] although it is only less than fourth as luminous as HS 1946+7658, the most luminous quasar known. It harbors a black hole with mass of 12 billion solar masses.[1] This makes it one of the most massive black holes discovered so early in the universe, although it is only less than a third as massive as S5 0014+81, the most massive black hole known. The diameter of this black hole is about 70.9 billion kilometres, seven times the diameter of Pluto's orbit.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Wu, X.; Wang, F.; Fan, X. (25 February 2015), "An ultraluminous quasar with a twelve-billion-solar-mass black hole at redshift 6.30", Nature 518: 512–515, arXiv:1502.07418, Bibcode:2015Natur.518..512W, doi:10.1038/nature14241, PMID 25719667
- ↑ "Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Quasar". Sci-News.com. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2015-02-27.