We have no idea how bright it is today.
A good probably that it is Black
“It’s 106 billion light years to the bright thing. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.”
That’s nothing, when I was growing up I was so bright my Mom called me son.
Must be the aura that was around 0bama’s head the media put thee now that he’s done with it.
Looks like a couple astronomers have finally found God. Maybe they’ll even learn a thing or two from Him.
Gee. As a child I wondered where all the matter went when it got sucked into a black hole.
Later, they ‘proved’ that black holes weren’t just the stuff of fantasy (sci-fi)...
...but I’ve never heard a scientist ask the question.
Not to worry, it’s just a Chinese weather balloon.
And the practical effect on my life?
Zero.
We have a new threat. Stop galactic warming.
How does 570 billion times as bright as the sun compare to the combined brightness of all the stars in the Milky Way (other than the sun, of course)? I would guess it’s more than the entire Milky Way galaxy...but I could be wrong.
We need some SPF 1,000,000,000.
Is that what calypso Louie called the mother wheel? I wish he would board it on a one way trip
Run a pipe line to it…
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Whoopi’s Cushion finally blew.
How many million light years away? More than the big bang?
Jesus?...................
Two ways this could be wildly wrong, both could apply:
1. The distance is much less than they calculate, meaning the radiated power is also much less than they calculate.
2. The object is not isotropic (radiating equally in all directions), but is instead creating a narrow beam aimed in our direction. Aka the flashlight effect. The initial miscalculation many years ago about AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) was that they were isotropic, which would have meant the radiated power was ludicrous. Later they discovered black holes were driving the AGN we observed and the high power measured was because we were looking down the throat of the black hole jets.