Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

BZQ J1424+2256 Quasar

30-Apr-2026 12:48 ADT 30-Apr-2026 15:48 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.


BZQ J1424+2256 Quasar, 22-Jun-2014

Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: KWIQ/QHY5 / PHD
Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+
Frames: 5m0s frames, 4 Lum, 1 each of RGB
Total Exposure: 35m
Processing: PixInsight
Distance: 11.9 Gly
 
This has got to be the ultimate distance record breaker. Nearly 12 billion light years! Target is left of centre, marked by a red reticule.