SN UDS10Wil
| SN UDS10Wil | |
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Record-breaking supernova SN UDS10Wil in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey[1] | |
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| Supernova type | Ia |
| Distance | 10,500,000,000 light-years (3,200,000 kpc) |
SN UDS10Wil is a type Ia supernova, and as of April 2013, the farthest known. [2] 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]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hubble breaks record for furthest supernova | Press Releases | ESA/Hubble". Spacetelescope.org. 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ↑ Yglesias, Matthew (2013-04-04). "Exploding stars: Supernova found is most distant of its kind yet". Slate.com. Retrieved 2013-04-08.