Brightest quasar ever found shines with the intensity of 600 trillion Suns

From our point of view here on Earth, the brightest object in the sky is unquestionably the Sun. But this unremarkable star is a mere 10-watt bulb compared to quasars, extremely luminous galactic cores that shine so intensely thanks to their ravenous hunger for nearby material. Now, astronomers have detected the brightest quasar ever found, shining with the light of almost 600 trillion Suns.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Brightest quasar ever found shines with the intensity of 600 trillion Suns

From our point of view here on Earth, the brightest object in the sky is unquestionably the Sun. But this unremarkable star is a mere 10-watt bulb compared to quasars, extremely luminous galactic cores that shine so intensely thanks to their ravenous hunger for nearby material. Now, astronomers have detected the brightest quasar ever found, shining with the light of almost 600 trillion Suns.

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> The logical next question is “How could astronomers miss something this incredibly bright?” the reason is simple. The quasar is almost an entire universe away, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years.

So it could be the actual brightest in the observable universe.

Or not. If not, then does that mean that quasars were brighter in the early universe than recently?

mollwollfumble said:

The quasar is almost an entire universe away, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years.

Or half an observable universe, anyway.

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

Brightest quasar ever found shines with the intensity of 600 trillion Suns

From our point of view here on Earth, the brightest object in the sky is unquestionably the Sun. But this unremarkable star is a mere 10-watt bulb compared to quasars, extremely luminous galactic cores that shine so intensely thanks to their ravenous hunger for nearby material. Now, astronomers have detected the brightest quasar ever found, shining with the light of almost 600 trillion Suns.

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> The logical next question is “How could astronomers miss something this incredibly bright?” the reason is simple. The quasar is almost an entire universe away, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years.

So it could be the actual brightest in the observable universe.

Or not. If not, then does that mean that quasars were brighter in the early universe than recently?

More concentrated energy in the one place ?

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The quasar is almost an entire universe away, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years.

Or half an observable universe, anyway.

So if we established contact with that sector and started a game of chess over the internet and we set the game hour glass at say 12 minutes a move it would take a while to finish hey.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The quasar is almost an entire universe away, at a distance of 12.8 billion light-years.

Or half an observable universe, anyway.

or ~2/7th, including expansion.

;-)