SN UDS10Wil (SN Wilson) is a type Ia supernova, and as of April 2013, the farthest known. It has a

redshift In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and simultaneous increase in f ...

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. The nickname SN Wilson is after the American President Woodrow Wilson.

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{{Cite journal , title= The Discovery of the Most Distant Known Type Ia Supernova at Redshift 1.914 , author1=David O. Jones , author2=Steven A. Rodney , author3=Adam G. Riess , author4=Bahram Mobasher , author5=Tomas Dahlen , author6=Curtis McCully , author7=Teddy F. Frederiksen , author8=Stefano Casertano , author9=Jens Hjorth , author10=Charles R. Keeton , author11=Anton Koekemoer , author12=Louis-Gregory Strolger , author13=Tommy G. Wiklind , author14=Peter Challis , author15=Or Graur , author16=Brian Hayden , author17=Brandon Patel , author18=Benjamin J. Weiner , author19=Alexei V. Filippenko , author20=Peter Garnavich , author21=Saurabh W. Jha , author22=Robert P. Kirshner , author23=Henry C. Ferguson , author24=Norman A. Grogin , author25=Dale Kocevski , arxiv= 1304.0768 , bibcode= 2013ApJ...768..166J , doi= 10.1088/0004-637X/768/2/166 , journal= The Astrophysical Journal , volume= 768 , issue= 2 , id= 166 , publication-date= May 2013 , date= 2 April 2013 , page=166 , s2cid=118890248 Supernovae 20130402 Cetus

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