Post by ET_Explorer on Jun 23, 2016 8:37:52 GMT
S5 0014+81, is a distant, compact, hyperluminous, broad-absorption line quasar or blazar located near the high declination region of the constellation Cepheus, near the North Equatorial Pole.
The host galaxy S5 0014+81 is an FSQR blazar, a giant elliptical galaxy that hosts a supermassive black hole in its center. In 2009, a team of astronomers using the Swift Spacecraft used the luminosity output of S5 0014+81 to measure the mass of the central black hole.
To their surprise, they found out that the central black hole of S5 0014+81 is actually 10,000 times more massive than the black hole at the center of our galaxy, or equivalent to 40 billion solar masses.
Article Source SIMBAD
Hyperluminous Blazar S5 001481 in Cepheus.kmz (1.19 KB)
The host galaxy S5 0014+81 is an FSQR blazar, a giant elliptical galaxy that hosts a supermassive black hole in its center. In 2009, a team of astronomers using the Swift Spacecraft used the luminosity output of S5 0014+81 to measure the mass of the central black hole.
To their surprise, they found out that the central black hole of S5 0014+81 is actually 10,000 times more massive than the black hole at the center of our galaxy, or equivalent to 40 billion solar masses.
Article Source SIMBAD
Hyperluminous Blazar S5 001481 in Cepheus.kmz (1.19 KB)