Astronomy:J043947.08+163415.7

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J043947.08+163415.7
Artist’s impression of distant quasar (46688101941).jpg
Observation data (Epoch )
ConstellationTaurus
Right ascension 04h 39m 47.10s[1]
Declination+16° 34′ 15.79″[1]
Redshift6.51[2]
Distance12.873 × 109 LY[1][3]
Other designations
WISEA J043947.09+163415.8
See also: Quasar,List of quasars]]

File:Hubble’s view on distant quasar J043947.08+163415.7.tif J043947.08+163415.7 is a superluminous quasar, for some time considered the brightest in the early universe with a redshift of z = 6.51.[4][2][5][6] It is approximately 12.873 billion light-years away.[1][3] The brightness of the quasar is equivalent to about 600 trillion luminosities of the Suns with gravitational lensing, without this effect 11 trillion.[4][5][3] The quasar-related supermassive black hole has a mass of 700 million solar masses.[6][7]

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