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J0313-1806

Quasar / active galaxy · Old and distant quasar

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J0313-1806
Picture: Feige Wang et al. (2021), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About J0313-1806

The light we see from it set out 13.1 billion years ago, when the universe was 0.677 billion years old (redshift 7.642).

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.

Key numbers

Distance (comoving, today)29.4 billion light-years (9,024 Mpc)
Redshift z7.642
Light travel time13.1 billion years
Universe's age when this light left0.677 billion years
Distance methodredshift (Planck 2018 cosmology)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 285.4°, SGB -37.2°

Where it is

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

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From Wikipedia

QSO J0313−1806 was the most distant, and hence also the oldest known quasar at z = 7.64, at the time of its discovery. In January 2021, it was identified as the most redshifted (highest z) known quasar, with the oldest known supermassive black hole (SMBH) at (1.6±0.4)×109 solar masses.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article QSO J0313−1806, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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