Astronomy:CEERS 1019 black hole

Short description: Early supermassive black hole

CEERS 1019
Observation data (Epoch J2000.0)
Constellation	Boötes
Right ascension	14:20:8.494h
Declination	52.8906618°
Redshift	8.6788±0.0002
See also: Quasar,List of quasars]]

The CEERS 1019 black hole is in the galaxy previously identified as EGSY8p7 or z910_6811 and may be the oldest known black hole as of 2023. The authors of a 2023 preprint describing it state that "We find that it is difficult to explain a Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH) of this mass so early on in the Universe." Its mass is (6.95±0.37)×10⁶ solar masses.

See also

• CEERS-93316
• Direct collapse black hole
• List of the most distant astronomical objects

References

Sources

• Larson, Rebecca L.; et al. (March 15, 2023). "A CEERS Discovery of an Accreting Supermassive Black Hole 570 Myr after the Big Bang: Identifying a Progenitor of Massive z > 6 Quasars". arXiv:2303.08918 [astro-ph.GA].
• Turner, Ben (April 5, 2023). "James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole in the universe — a cosmic monster 10 million times heavier than the sun". https://www.livescience.com/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-oldest-black-hole-in-the-universe-a-cosmic-monster-ten-million-times-heavier-than-the-sun. 
• Banne, Tanja (April 5, 2023). "Forschungsgruppe entdeckt ältestes aktives schwarzes Loch" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. https://www.fr.de/wissen/schwarzes-loch-aeltestes-james-webb-jwst-universum-weltall-galaxie-urknall-astronomie-studie-news-92184158.html. 
• Starr, Michelle (March 31, 2023). "The Earliest Supermassive Black Hole Ever Found Has Just Been Spotted". https://www.sciencealert.com/the-earliest-supermassive-black-hole-ever-found-has-just-been-spotted.