I took a photo of the largest black hole in the universe - Ton 618

Hello everyone, in this video I discuss the history, discvoery, and facts about the black hole/quasar ton618. I show the telescope I used to capture it and the image I took. This video is more focused on the facts and history of the quasar rather than the capture process, since it is just a dot I find this to be more interesting.

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[damienk]

Thanks Bray for sharing your time and using the wonderful scopes you have access to, this give us far more interest in our own imaging while understanding the universe more and more each time.
Damien

[woody]

We are fortunate to live in these days, technology is improving so fast that we are getting exposed to incredible deep space anomalies. Thanks for sharing (seen your photos in London, very cool)

[dantoro]

The distance given by wikipedia is 10.4 billion light years. What I understand is due to the expansion of the universe the quasar "ton 618" would now be at a distance of 18.2 billion light years. So what is mentioned in Wikipedia is the timing of the light emission from the quasar, right?

[lizards]

Please keep making more videos braybuddy, this was so informative!

[LogansAstro]

Very interesting video. Sometimes the simplest of images have the most fascinating stories behind them. Thanks for sharing this.

[DEX_]

It's crazy how science and maths go hand in hand and how these cataloging of celestial objects is done ✅

[pickle]

Thanks for making me think about space. Photos are good but getting people thinking is also good.

[willsee]

As far as I know, TON 618 is 66 billion solar masses, NOT 40!

[astroscrolls]

I believe ton 618 is thought to actually be made from means other than collapsing stars. Its origin is primordial black holes colliding during the beginning of the universe. Since then galactic collisions and all the time swallowing stars and other black holes has made it grow to this size.

[sahilpurabiya]

I haven't seen video (commenting before premiering) but I am sure this man's work will be BEST! Love from INDIA!

[jpastroguy]

I am a little you know what is the designation of that galaxy near to Ton 618? The coordinates I get off of the internet for Ton 618 (RA 12h 28m 25s / Dec +31o 28` 38"), when plugged into Stellarium, do not show that nearby galaxy. Either Stellarium is incomplete, or the coordinates are wrong, or that galaxy is too distant to be listed in Stellarium....

[SaneGuyFr]

amazing! can you take a picture of malin-1?

[Tvrtko_I]

7:35 shat is the name of that website?

[valiantone]

It takes 12 billion years for light from that quasar to reach earth!

[xpm]

fun fact: the new largest black hole is phoenix a

[vqdeALTIMA]

How to tell if you're really smart: you can explain incomprehensible subjects to ordinarily intelligent people

[melissadunkelberg]

If someone says phoenix is not real Listen to this Phoenix A. Is in a Cluster called the phoenix cluster

[speed_demon]

Looks like a p1000 is about the same zoom if not better

[caquoxxouqac]

6:35 how should we see the quasar as it was 20billion years ago when the universe is only 13billion years old?

[Icantdothisanymoreplskillme]

But... Isn't the largest black hole Pheonix A? Also it's probably not the largest black hole in the universe cus the universe is practically infinite.