SN UDS10Wil

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SN UDS10Wil
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Record-breaking supernova SN UDS10Wil in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey [1]
Ia
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension 02h 17m 46s [2]
Declination −05° 15′ 23″ [2]
Epoch J2000
Distance16,600 megalight-years (5,100  Mpc)
Redshift 1.914 [2]
Other designationsSN  UDS10Wil, [3] SN  Wilson
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SN UDS10Wil (SN Wilson) [4] is a type Ia supernova, and as of April 2013, the farthest known. [5]

It has a redshift of 1.914, which strongly implies that it exploded when the universe was about a third of its current size. It was discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3. [1] The nickname SN Wilson is after the American President Woodrow Wilson. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hubble breaks record for furthest supernova". esahubble.org. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  2. 1 2 3 Jones, David O.; Rodney, Steven A.; Riess, Adam G.; Mobasher, Bahram; Dahlen, Tomas; McCully, Curtis; Frederiksen, Teddy F.; Casertano, Stefano; Hjorth, Jens; Keeton, Charles R.; Koekemoer, Anton; Strolger, Louis-Gregory; Wiklind, Tommy G.; Challis, Peter; Graur, Or (25 April 2013). "The Discovery of the Most Distant Known Type Ia Supernova at Redshift 1.914". The Astrophysical Journal. 768 (2): 166. arXiv: 1304.0768 . Bibcode:2013ApJ...768..166J. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/768/2/166. ISSN   0004-637X.
  3. ↑ "NAME UDS10Wil". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ↑ Major, Jason (5 April 2013). "Hubble Spots the Most Distant Supernova Ever". Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Yglesias, Matthew (2013-04-04). "Exploding stars: Supernova found is most distant of its kind yet". Slate.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  6. ↑ "Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova". Hubble Space Telescope. 2013-04-04.
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