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CAPERS-LRD-z9

Quasar / active galaxy · Poorly understood class of astronomical objects

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CAPERS-LRD-z9
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About CAPERS-LRD-z9

The light we see from it set out 13.3 billion years ago, when the universe was 0.521 billion years old (redshift 9.288).

The map lists it as a quasar / active galaxy and shows it at the scale of the large-scale universe, drawn on the supergalactic plane.

Its distance or nature is debated, and the map shows one published value.

The most distant confirmed black hole (a 'little red dot'). Sky position approximate (CAPERS field).

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)30.9 billion light-years (9,474 Mpc)
Redshift z9.288
Light travel time13.3 billion years
Universe's age when this light left0.521 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 64.9°, SGB +25.2°

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Observable universe, a view about 100 billion light-years across.

From Wikipedia

Little red dots (LRDs) are a class of small, red-tinted astronomical objects with unexpected characteristics observed using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They appear to have existed between 0.6 and 1.6 billion years after the Big Bang, with a majority found around 600 million years post-Big Bang.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Little Red Dots, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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