Artist’s impression of distant quasar
This artist’s impression shows how J043947.08+163415.7, a very distant quasar powered by a supermassive black hole, may look close up. This object is by far the brightest quasar yet discovered in the early Universe.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser
About the Image
| Id: | heic1902a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 9 January 2019, 23:15 |
| Related releases: | heic1902 |
| Size: | 1920 x 1080 px |
About the Object
| Name: | J043947.08+163415.7 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
