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SJS / Siterunner: Looks like a Michelangelo 'Sistine-in-Space' image
Birthplace of Stardust, a Quasar called W2246-0526
- 'Hot dust' star stuff, a Galaxy shooting out 'more light than 350 billion suns'
Observed at z=4.601 and with L bol=3.5×10 14L⊙, the W2246-0526 Galaxy is the most luminous known in the Universe, and hosts a deeply-buried active galactic nucleus (AGN). 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.
(2015)
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-wise-spacecraft-discovers-most-luminous-galaxy-in-universe
- https://www.space.com/31680-brightest-galaxy-tears-itself-apart.html
- https://earthsky.org/space/most-luminous-galaxy-w2246-0526/
- https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart
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| current | 22:43, 16 January 2016 | | 900 × 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 ... |
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