What is QSO J0529-4351?
[[File:Wide-field of the region around the quasar J0529-4351 (eso2402b).jpg|thumb]] '''QSO J0529-4351''' is a [[quasar]]. It is the most [[luminous]] (or brightest) thing in space (as of 2024's first quarter).<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/20/astronomers-discover-universes-brightest-object-a-quasar-powered-by-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-sun-a-day (The Guardian)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02195-x (Nature Astronomy)]</ref><ref>https://yle.fi/a/74-20075472. Retrieved 2024-02-20</ref> However, [[Gaia catalogues#Gaia DR3|information]] published in 2022's second quarter, has been used in [[research]], to try to find out if the star is in the [[Milky Way]]; According to [ [[computer software]] or] automated analysis, there is a [c. 99% or] 99.98% chance that the star is in the [[Milky Way]].<ref name=ESO>{{cite journal|last=Wolf|first=Christian|last2=Lai|first2=Samuel|last3=Onken|first3=Christopher A.|last4=Amrutha|first4=Neelesh|last5=Bian|first5=Fuyan|last6=Hon|first6=Wei Jeat|last7=Tisserand|first7=Patrick|last8=Webster|first8=Rachel L.|date=21 December 2023|title=The accretion of a solar mass per day by a 17-billion solar mass black hole|url=https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2402/eso2402a.pdf|journal=Nature Astronomy|accessdate=27 February 2024}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{2024 in space}} [[Category:Quasars]] {{sci-stub}}