Cosmic blast sets distance mark

[glenc (Glen)]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8022917.stm
The cataclysmic explosion of a giant star early in the history of the Universe is the most distant single object ever detected by telescopes.
The colossal blast was picked up first by Nasa's Swift space observatory which is tuned to see the high-energy gamma-rays emitted from extreme events. Other telescopes then followed up the signal, confirming the source to be more than 13 billion light-years away...
Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_090423
And http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn3/9198.gcn3
RA(J2000) = 09h 55m 35s Dec(J2000) = +18d 09' 37"
Also at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090429.html

[Phil]

very cool
Phil

[Paddy (Patrick)]

Thanks, Glen.

[Ric]

Fascinating stuff Glen, thanks for the post and links.

The old star wars movie line "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" fits this one to a tee.

Cheers

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

Talk about noisy neighbours...that'd fry ya chips!