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]
![]() Record-breaking supernova SN UDS10Wil in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey[1] | |
Ia | |
Constellation | Cetus |
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Right ascension | 02h 17m 46s[2] |
Declination | −05° 15′ 23″[2] |
Epoch | J2000 |
Distance | 16,600 megalight-years (5,100 Mpc) |
Redshift | 1.914[2] |
Other designations | SN UDS10Wil,[3] SN Wilson |
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