Huge Quasar at redshift z=6.30

• by Rick_N.

  "Found: a black hole 12bn times the size of the sun"
  http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/feb/26/found-a-black-hole-12-billion-times-the-size-of-the-sun

  "An ultraluminous quasar with a twelve-billion-solar-mass black hole at redshift 6.30"
  Nature 518, 512–515 (26 February 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14241 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/full/nature14241.html
  Quoting: " Here we report the discovery of an ultraluminous quasar, SDSS J010013.02+280225.8, at redshift z = 6.30."

  I think it might be this one: it's certainly very red, though it is described as a star.

  http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=01:00:13.02&dec=+28:02:25.83

  Posted February 26, 2015 8:04 AM