TON 618

TON 618

TON 618 is a quasar and Lyman-Alpha blob located about 18.2 billion light-years from Earth in the constellations Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices.

References

  1. ↑ Li, Jianrui; Emonts, B. H. C.; Cai, Z.; Prochaska, J. X.; Yoon, I.; Lehnert, M. D.; Zhang, S.; Wu, Y.; Li, Jianan; Li, Mingyu; Lacy, M.; Villar-Martín, M. (25 November 2021). "Massive Molecular Outflow and 100 kpc Extended Cold Halo Gas in the Enormous Lyα Nebula of QSO 1228+3128". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 922 (2): L29. arXiv:2111.06409. Bibcode:2021ApJ...922L..29L. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac390d. S2CID 244102865.
  2. ↑ Deeks, Russell (2024-07-16). "TON 618, one of the biggest known black holes". skyatnightmagazine. Retrieved 2025-03-20.