▁the ▁sun ". ▁ ▁Disc overy ▁On ▁ 6 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁astronom ers ▁published ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁found ▁the ▁qu as ar ▁using ▁data ▁from ▁the ▁W ide - field ▁Inf ra red ▁Survey ▁Explorer ▁( WI SE ) ▁combined ▁with ▁ground - based ▁surve ys ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Mag ellan ▁T eles cop es ▁at ▁Las ▁Camp anas ▁Observ atory ▁in ▁Chile , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Lar ge ▁Bin oc ular ▁T eles cope ▁in ▁Arizona ▁and ▁the ▁Gem ini ▁North ▁teles cope ▁in ▁Hawai i . ▁The ▁related ▁black ▁hole ▁of ▁the ▁qu as ar ▁existed ▁when ▁the ▁universe ▁was ▁about ▁ 6 9 0 ▁million ▁years ▁old ▁( about ▁ 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁its ▁currently ▁known ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 3 . 8 0 ▁billion ▁years ). ▁ ▁The ▁qu as ar ▁comes ▁from ▁a ▁time ▁known ▁as ▁" the ▁epo ch ▁of ▁re ion ization ", ▁when ▁the ▁universe ▁emer ged ▁from ▁its ▁Dark ▁A ges . ▁Ext ensive ▁amounts ▁of ▁dust ▁and ▁gas ▁have ▁been ▁detected ▁to ▁be ▁released ▁from ▁the ▁qu as ar ▁into ▁the ▁inter stell ar ▁medium ▁of ▁its ▁host ▁galax y . ▁ ▁Description ▁U L AS ▁J 1 3 4 2 + 0 9 2 8 ▁has ▁a ▁measured ▁red shift ▁of ▁ 7 . 5 4 , ▁which ▁corresponds ▁to ▁a ▁com oving ▁distance ▁of ▁ 2 9 . 3 6 ▁billion ▁light - year s ▁from ▁Earth . ▁, ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁distant