Post by ET_Explorer on May 14, 2015 2:39:38 GMT
APM 08279+5255 is a very distant, broad absorption line quasar located in the constellation Lynx.
It appears to be a giant elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole and associated accretion disk.
AGN is powered by a supermassive black hole of 23 billion solar masses, one of the largest known.
Sources > HERE < and > HERE <
QSO J08315245 -- Quasar - aka APM 082795255.kmz (1.01 KB)
It appears to be a giant elliptical galaxy with a supermassive black hole and associated accretion disk.
AGN is powered by a supermassive black hole of 23 billion solar masses, one of the largest known.
Sources > HERE < and > HERE <
QSO J08315245 -- Quasar - aka APM 082795255.kmz (1.01 KB)
