Discovery of the most luminous quasar of the last 9 Gyr

Christopher A. Onken; Samuel Lai; Christian Wolf; Adrian B. Lucy; Wei Jeat Hon; Patrick Tisserand; Jennifer L. Sokoloski; Gerardo J.M. Luna; Rajeev Manick; Xiaohui Fan; Fuyan Bian

doi:10.1017/pasa.2022.36

Discovery of the most luminous quasar of the last 9 Gyr

Christopher A. Onken, Samuel Lai, Christian Wolf, Adrian B. Lucy, Wei Jeat Hon, Patrick Tisserand, Jennifer L. Sokoloski, Gerardo J.M. Luna, Rajeev Manick, Xiaohui Fan, Fuyan Bian

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We report the discovery of a bright (mag (AB), mag (Vega)) quasar at redshift-the optically brightest (unbeamed) quasar at 0.4$[]>. SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, at a Galactic latitude of, was identified by its optical colours from the SkyMapper Southern Survey (SMSS) during a search for symbiotic binary stars. Optical and near-infrared spectroscopy reveals broad Mg ii, H, H, and Pa emission lines, from which we measure a black hole mass of. With its high luminosity, or mag (AB), we estimate an Eddington ratio of. As the most luminous quasar known over the last 9 Gyr of cosmic history, having a luminosity greater than 3C 273, the source offers a range of potential follow-up opportunities.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e037
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2022.36
State	Published - Sep 12 2022

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active galactic nuclei: Quasars
supermassive black holes

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