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SJS / Siterunner: Looks like a Michelangelo image  
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Quasar called W2246- 0526... shooting out '''more light than 350 billion suns.'''
 
'''Quasar called W2246- 0526... shooting out 'more light than 350 billion suns' '''


* https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1602/eso1602a.pdf
* https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1602/eso1602a.pdf
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''W2246-0526 is classified as a '''Hot Dust Obscured Galaxy''', based on its luminosity and dust temperature.''
''W2246-0526 is classified as a '''Hot Dust Obscured Galaxy''', based on its luminosity and dust temperature.''


* https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/wise/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart
* https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/wise/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart

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SJS / Siterunner: Looks like a Michelangelo image


Quasar called W2246- 0526... shooting out 'more light than 350 billion suns'


Just observed at z=4.601 and with L bol=3.5×10 14L⊙, the W2246-0526 is the most luminous galaxy known in the Universe, and hosts a deeply-buried active galactic nucleus (AGN)/super-massive blackhole (SMBH). Discovered using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

W2246-0526 is classified as a Hot Dust Obscured Galaxy, based on its luminosity and dust temperature.


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current22:43, 16 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 22:43, 16 January 2016900 × 585 (206 KB)Siterunner (talk | contribs)Quasar called W2246- 0526... shooting out more light than 350 billion suns http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1602/eso1602a.pdf Observed at z=4.601 and with L bol=3.5×10 14L⊙, W2246-0526 is the most luminous galaxy known ...