 Record-breaking supernova SN UDS10Wil in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey | |
| Ia | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
|---|---|
| Right ascension | 02 17 46 |
| Declination | −05° 15′ 23″ |
| Epoch | J2000 |
| Distance | 16,600 megalight-years (5,100 Mpc) |
| Redshift | 1.914 |
| Other designations | SN UDS10Wil, SN Wilson |
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SN UDS10Wil (SN Wilson) is a type Ia supernova, and as of April 2013, the farthest known.
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. The nickname SN Wilson is after the American President Woodrow Wilson.
See also
References
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- ^ 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.
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