Global InformationCEERS 1019 information
| CEERS 1019 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) | |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Right ascension | 14:20:8.494h [1] |
| Declination | 52.8906618°[1] |
| Redshift | 8.6788±0.0002[1] |
| See also: Quasar, List of quasars | |
CEERS 1019 is a black hole in the galaxy previously identified as EGSY8p7 or z910_6811 and may be the oldest known black hole as of 2023. The galaxy and its black hole came into existence about 570 million years after the Big Bang, and the black hole in the center of CEERS 1019 seems to be less massive than any other black holes identified in the early universe but still larger than black hole growth methods can currently explain.[2][3][4] The authors of a 2023 preprint describing it state that "We find that it is difficult to explain a SMBH of this mass ... with a stellar seed",[5] i.e. gravitational collapse into a stellar black hole. Its mass is 106.95±0.37 solar masses.[1]
- ^ a b c d Larson et al. 2023, p. 3, table 1.
- ^ Banne 2023.
- ^ Turner 2023.
- ^ Starr 2023.
- ^ Larson et al. 2023, p. 23.