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> This makes it the most luminous object in the known Universe

> J0529-4351 is over 500 trillion times more luminous than the Sun

That appears to contradict Wikipedia [1] which lists SMSS J215728.21-360215.1 [2] as the most luminous at an intrinsic bolometric luminosity of ~ 6.9 × 10^14 Suns or ~ 2.6 × 1041 watts.

Are there perhaps different ways of measuring luminosity?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_quasars

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMSS_J215728.21-360215.1



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