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The supermassive black hole at the core of Messier 87, here shown by an image by the Event Horizon Telescope, is among the black holes in this list. This is an ordered list of the most massive black holes so far discovered (and probable candidates), measured in units of solar masses (M ☉), approximately 2 × 10 30 kilograms.
QSO J0313−1806 [2] was the most distant, and hence also the oldest known quasar at z = 7.64, at the time of its discovery. [1] In January 2021, it was identified as the most redshifted (highest z) known quasar, with the oldest known supermassive black hole (SMBH) at (1.6 ± 0.4) × 10 9 solar masses.
OJ 287 core black holes — a BL Lac object with a candidate binary supermassive black hole core system [23] PG 1302-102 – the first binary-cored quasar — a pair of supermassive black holes at the core of this quasar [24] [25] SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 core black holes — a pair of supermassive black holes at the centre of this galaxy [26]
From this, the mass of the central black hole of TON 618 has been estimated to be at 66 billion M ☉. [9] This is considered one of the highest masses ever recorded for such an object; higher than the mass of all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy combined, which is 64 billion M ☉ , [ 10 ] and 15,300 times more massive than Sagittarius A* ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered yet another astounding discovery, spying an active supermassive black hole deeper into the universe than has ever been recorded.
Some astronomers refer to black holes of greater than 5 billion M ☉ as ultramassive black holes (UMBHs or UBHs), [19] but the term is not broadly used. Possible examples include the black holes at the cores of TON 618, NGC 6166, ESO 444-46 and NGC 4889, [20] which are among the most massive black holes known.
It was spotted nine billion light years away
A 2010 paper suggested that the black hole may be displaced from the galactic center by about seven parsecs (23 light-years). [79] This was claimed to be in the opposite direction of the known jet, indicating acceleration of the black hole by it. Another suggestion was that the offset occurred during the merger of two supermassive black holes.