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Cetus

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barred spiral galaxy

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Interacting galaxy in the constellation Cetus

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

WHL0137-LS, also known as Earendel, is a star cluster or a star located in the constellation of Cetus. Discovered in 2022 with the Hubble Space Telescope, it has a comoving distance of 28 billion light-years (8.6 billion parsecs), making it the most distant known star if it is a single object. The previous farthest known star, MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1, also known as Icarus, at a comoving distance of , was discovered by Hubble in 2018. However, further observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in the 2020s revealed that Earendel is more likely a star cluster. Objects like Earendel

galaxy in the constellation Cetus

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus

galaxy in the constellation Cetus

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