Q0906+6930

Quasar
name = Q0906+6930 or QSO J0906+6930


epoch = J2000
ra = RA|09|06|30.75cite web
title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work=Results for Q0906+6930
url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
accessdate=2006-10-26 ]
dec = DEC|+69|30|30.8
constellation name = Ursa Major
z = 5.47 km/s
type = Blazar
dist_ly = 12.700.000ly
appmag_v =
size_v =
notes =
names = QSO B0901+6942, CLASS B0901+697, GB6 J0906+6930, QSO J0906+6930, BWE 0901+6942, GB6 B0901+6942, 87GB 090153.2+694215.

Q0906+6930 is the most distant known blazar (redshift 5.47 / 12.7 billion light years), discovered in July, 2004. The engine of the blazar is a supermassive black hole approximately 16 billion times the mass of the Sun (roughly 3% the mass of the Milky Way Galaxy). The event horizon volume is on the order of 1000 times that of the Solar System. It is one of the most massive black holes on record.

tatistics

*Epoch 2000.0
**RA: 09h 06m 30.8s
**Dec: +69° 30' 31"
*Classification: FSRQ
*Redshift (z) = 5.47
*R = 19.9
*Power (BL Lac) = 1.4-3.5

External links

* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/423201 The Astrophysical Journal – Q0906+6930: The Highest Redshift Blazar] (subscription required)
* [http://arxiv.org/ps/astro-ph/0406252 arXiv preprint] of the Astrophysics Journal paper
* [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/heavy_blazar_040628.html Space.com – Massive Black Hole Stumps Researchers]

References

* [http://astro.wku.edu/observatory/q0906+6930.html Q0906+6930]
* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/423201 Q0906+6930: The Highest Redshift Blazar] The Astrophysical Journal, volume 610, part 2 (2004), pages L9–L11
* [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=QSO+J0906%2B6930+&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id Simbad]