Astronomy:SN UDS10Wil

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SN UDS10Wil
Record-breaking supernova in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey.jpg
Record-breaking supernova SN UDS10Wil in the CANDELS Ultra Deep Survey[1]
Other designationsSN UDS10Wil,[2] SN Wilson
Spectral classIa
ConstellationCetus
Right ascension 02h 17m 46s[3]
Declination−05° 15′ 23″[3]
EpochJ2000
Distance16,600 megalight-years (5,100 Mpc)
Redshift1.914[3]

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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