Type

Supermassive

Location

In the constellation Leo

Distance

13 billion light-years (4 gigaparsecs)

Mass

2 billion times the mass of the Sun

Size

Larger than the diameter of Neptune's orbit around the Sun

Discovery Methods

• Detection of an accretion disk
• Measuring the motions of gas

A view of the quasar at visible and infrared wavelengths. It is the tiny red dot at the center of the image. [ESO/UKIDSS/SDSS]

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