PKS 0537-286

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PKS 0537-286
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PKS 0537-286 taken by DESI Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Columba
Right ascension 05h 39m 54.281s
Declination -28d 39m 55.95s
Redshift 3.104000
Heliocentric radial velocity 930,556 km/s
Distance 11.4 Gly (light travel time distance)
Apparent magnitude  (V)0.54
Apparent magnitude  (B)0.43
Surface brightness 18.1
Characteristics
Type FSQR;Blazar
Other designations
PMN J0539-2839, BZQ J0539-2839, PGC 2824447, MRC 0537-286, NVSS J053954-283956, PKS B0537-286, OG -263, TXS 0537-286, 2FGL 0539.3-2841, IRCF J053954.2-283955, 2XMM J053954.2-283956, RX J0539.9-2839

PKS 0537-286 (referred to QSO 0537-286), also known as QSO B0537-286, is a quasar located in the constellation Columba. With a redshift of 3.104, the object is located 11.4 billion light years away [1] and belongs to the flat spectrum radio quasar blazar subclass (FSQR). [2] It is one of the most luminous known high-redshift quasars. [3]

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Observation history

First detected at radio frequencies in 1975, PKS 0537-286 was observed at X-rays by the Einstein observatory. [4] It was later studied by ASCA, [5] ROSAT, [6] XMM [7] and subsequently Swift . [8] These observations showed PKS 0537-286 as extremely luminous quasar ( Lx=1047 erg s−1 in the 0.1-2 keV range) with a particularly hard spectrum (r = 1 measured by Swift/BAT), which in the γ-ray band, it shows an energy flux of (1.44 ± 0.006) × 10−11 erg cm−2 s−1 in the fourth catalogue of Fermi-LAT active galactic nuclei. [9] A weak iron K emission line and reflection features is also found in PKS 0537-286. Moreover, Sowards-Emmerd et al. (2004) [10] identified the quasar as probable counterpart of the EGRET source 3EG J0531-2940. [11]

Characteristics

PKS 0537-286 is the brightest blazar beyond z = 3.0. [2] It shows characteristic properties of blazars, such as (rapid variability, strong polarization and high brightness) which are widely attributed to a powerful relativistic jet oriented close to the line of sight. [12]

Moreover, in several occasions, γ-ray flares were observed when the daily flux was above 10−6 photon cm−2 s−1. This makes PKS 0537-286 the most distant γ-ray flaring blazar. [13] The broad-band emission from PKS 0537-286 was successfully modelled within a one-zone synchrotron and external inverse Compton scenario where the excess in optical and ultraviolet bands was interpreted as emission from bright thermal accretion disc. [2] Moreover, PKS 0537-286 shows an emission redshift of 3.11, a prominent absorption system at a redshift of 2.976, and a strong discontinuity at the Lyman-continuum edge in the absorption system. [3]

Supermassive black hole

The central supermassive black hole in PKS 0537-286 is one of the largest and heaviest black holes known, with a high accretion rate. [14] Based on a study published in 2010, the black hole contains a solar mass of 2 x 109. [15]

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