Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Finds Birth Certificate of Oldest Known Star

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This is a Digitized Sky Survey image of the oldest star with a well-determined age in our galaxy. The aging star, cataloged as HD 140283, lies 190.1 light-years away. The Anglo-Australian Observatory UK Schmidt telescope photographed the star in blue light.

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO

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