WISE J224607.57−052635.0

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WISE J224607.57−052635.0 (or W2246−0526 for short) is an extremely luminous infrared galaxy (ELIRG) which, in 2015, was announced as the most luminous known galaxy in the observable universe. The brightness of this galaxy is 350 trillion times that of the Sun (349 trillion L☉).

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Image: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF); T. Diaz-Santos et al.; N. Lira, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.