Astronomers Spot Most Distant Quasar Ever Observed
Bob Czerwinski (bczerwinski@No-Spam-less-inc.com)
Thu, 13 Apr 1999 23:47:23 -0700
> > Can you say, "26 billion light-years away, boys and girls?"
> >
> > http://www.sdss.org/
> >
> > The Sloan Digital Sky Survey bags a Quasar at that distance.
>
> Interesting, especially since most Big Bang models of the universe put
> the age at around 15 billion years.
The light from the Quasar was probably traveling for about half that time,
13 billion years maybe, perhaps a bit less. (We've been moving!) ;) Means
the Quasar was an early universe baby. A red shift of 5.8 just blows my
mind! Who has the calculator? Is that a recession velocity of better than
95% lightspeed? (Anybody seen my Intergalactic radar gun?!)
...Bob...