Earendel

the most distant star detected by the Hubble Space Telescope

Earendel, technically WHL0137-LS, is the most-distant known single star.[1] Its name comes from Aurvandill ("Morning Star" in Old English). Its image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The star was observed through a gravitational lens. It has a 6.2±0.1 redshift. Light from the star was emitted 900 million years after the Big Bang, and took 12.9 billion years to travel to Earth.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. Gianopoulos, Andrea (30 March 2022). "Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen". NASA. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. Welch, Brian; et al. (21 January 2022). "A highly magnified star at redshift 6.2". Nature. 603 (7903): 1–50. arXiv:2209.14866. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04449-y. PMID 35354998. S2CID 247842625. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. Letzter, Rafi (30 March 2022). "Meet Earendel, the most distant star ever detected". The Verge. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. Timmer, John (30 March 2022). "Hubble picks up the most distant star yet observed". Nature. Ars Technica. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04449-y. Retrieved 30 March 2022.