CAPERS-LRD-z9

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CAPERS-LRD-z9 is a galaxy that is among the oldest ever observed, having formed 13.3 billion years ago, just 500 million years after the Big Bang. [1] For a little red dot (LRD), this is nearly typical age. The supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy could be as heavy as [2] 300 million times the size of the Sun—a mass equivalent to half the stars in its galaxy. [3] [4]

CAPERS-LRD-z9
Observation data
Constellation Sextans
Right ascension 10h 00m 32.7s
Declination +02° 18′ 29.21″
Redshift 9.288±0.003
Characteristics
Type Little red dot

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meet the Universe’s Earliest Confirmed Black Hole: A Monster at the Dawn of Time UT-Austin, August 6, 2025
  2. ↑ Taylor, Anthony J.; Kokorev, Vasily; Kocevski, Dale D.; Akins, Hollis B.; Cullen, Fergus; Dickinson, Mark; Finkelstein, Steven L.; Arrabal Haro, Pablo; Bromm, Volker; Giavalisco, Mauro; Inayoshi, Kohei; Juneau, Stéphanie; Leung, Gene C. K.; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Somerville, Rachel S.; Trump, Jonathan R.; Amorín, Ricardo O.; Barro, Guillermo; Burgarella, Denis; Brooks, Madisyn; Carnall, Adam C.; Casey, Caitlin M.; Cheng, Yingjie; Chisholm, John; Chworowsky, Katherine; Davis, Kelcey; Donnan, Callum T.; Dunlop, James S.; Ellis, Richard S.; Fernández, Vital; Fujimoto, Seiji; Grogin, Norman A.; Gupta, Ansh R.; Hathi, Nimish P.; Jung, Intae; Hirschmann, Michaela; Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Larson, Rebecca L.; Leung, Ho-Hin; Llerena, Mario; Lucas, Ray A.; McLeod, Derek J.; McLure, Ross; Napolitano, Lorenzo; Papovich, Casey; Stanton, Thomas M.; Tripodi, Roberta; Wang, Xin; Wilkins, Stephen M.; Yung, L. Y. Aaron; Zavala, Jorge A. (10 August 2025). "CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas-enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line Active Galactic Nucleus at z = 9.288". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 989 (1): L7. arXiv: 2505.04609 . Bibcode:2025ApJ...989L...7T. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ade789 .
  3. ↑ Scientists discovered a distant black hole 300 million times the Solar mass. It's a portal back in time. NBC News, Denise Chow, August 8, 2025
  4. ↑ Most Distant Black Hole Ever Confirmed From 500 Million Years After The Big Bang IFL Science, August 8, 2025
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