Tag: Cosmic Lens

This is an Icarus capture by the Hubble Space Telescope. The left image shows galaxy cluster MACS J1149+2223 and the position of Icarus. The top right image shows how Icarus was not visible in 2011, and became visible in 2016. Image credit: NASA/ESA/P. Kelly

Icarus: Most Distant Star, 9 Billion Light Years Away Found With Hubble’s Cosmic Lens

MessageToEagle.com | April 3, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – Searching for objects located in deep space is not easy and it requires long time observations using telescopes. Now, the most distant individual star – named Icarus