CAPERS-LRD-z9

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

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]}

See also

• List of the most distant astronomical objects

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