NASA-Icarus-MostDistantMainSequenceStar-20180402

Författare/Upphovsman:

NASA, ESA, and P. Kelly (University of Minnesota)

Kreditera:

https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/STSCI-H-p1813b-f-4500x3000.jpg

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/a01b6

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

1000 x 667 Pixel (766146 Bytes)

Beskrivning:

Detection of Star Icarus (formally, MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1)

http://news.berkeley.edu/2018/04/02/cosmic-lens-helps-hubble-capture-most-distant-star-ever-seen/

A massive cluster (left) magnified a distant star more than 2,000 times, making it visible from Earth (lower right) even though it is 9 billion light years away, far too distant to be seen individually with current telescopes. It was not visible in 2011 (upper right).

Licens:

Public domain