ESO report on the "homeless" quasar and black hole
Using two of the most powerful astronomical facilities available, the ESO Very
Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers
couldn't find evidence for an encircling galaxy around the bright quasar
HE0450-2958. This, the astronomers suggest, may indicate a rare case of a
collision between a seemingly normal spiral galaxy and a much more exotic object
harbouring a very massive black hole.
Read all the details and see the three images in ESO Press Release 23/05 at
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2005/pr-23-05.html