Objects in this list were found to be the most distant object at the time of determination of their distance. This is frequently not the same as the date of their discovery.
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|+ Most distant object titleholders (not including candidates based on photometric redshifts) |
Object
! Type
! Date
! Distance (z = Redshift)
! Notes |
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JADES-GS-z14-0
| Galaxy
| 2024–present
| z = 14.32
| |
JADES-GS-z13-0
| Galaxy
| 2022–2024
| z = 13.20
| |
GN-z11
| Galaxy
| 2016–2022
| z = 10.6
| |
EGSY8p7
| Galaxy
| 2015−2016
| z = 8.68
| [{{cite web |first=Jonathan |last=Amos |title=Hubble sets new cosmic distance record |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35721734 |work=BBC News |date=3 March 2016 }}][{{cite news |url=http://www.space.com/30170-most-distant-galaxy-discovered.html |title=Ancient Galaxy Is Most Distant Ever Found |date=5 August 2015 |first=Mike |last=Wall |website=Space.com }}][{{cite news |url=http://astronomynow.com/2015/08/06/a-new-record-keck-observatory-measures-most-distant-galaxy/ |title=A new record: Keck Observatory measures most distant galaxy |date=6 August 2015 |author=W. M. Keck Observatory |website=Astronomy Now }}][{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-de-leo-winkler/the-farthest-object-in-th_b_7795982.html |title=The Farthest Object in the Universe |author=Mario De Leo Winkler |date=15 July 2015 |work=Huffington Post }}] |
Progenitor of GRB 090423 / Remnant of GRB 090423
| Gamma-ray burst progenitor / Gamma-ray burst remnant
| 2009–2015
| z = 8.2
|[{{cite magazine |magazine=New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17035-most-distant-object-in-the-universe-spotted.html |title=Most distant object in the universe spotted |first=Rachel |last=Courtland |date=27 April 2009 |access-date=2009-11-11}}] |
IOK-1
| Galaxy
| 2006 − 2009
| z = 6.96
|[{{cite magazine |magazine=New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10069-first-generation-of-galaxies-glimpsed-forming.html |title=First generation of galaxies glimpsed forming |first=David |last=Shiga |date=13 September 2006 |access-date=2009-11-11}}][{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nature05104 |pmid=16971942 |year=2006 |last1=Iye |first1=M. |title=A galaxy at a redshift z = 6.96 |journal=Nature |volume=443 |issue=7108 |pages=186–188 |last2=Ota |first2=K. |last3=Kashikawa |first3=N. |last4=Furusawa |first4=H. |last5=Hashimoto |first5=T. |last6=Hattori |first6=T. |last7=Matsuda |first7=Y. |last8=Morokuma |first8=T. |last9=Ouchi |first9=M. |last10=Shimasaku |first10=K. |bibcode=2006Natur.443..186I|arxiv = astro-ph/0609393 |s2cid=2876103 }}][{{cite journal |last1=Taniguchi |first1=Yoshi |title=Star Forming Galaxies at z > 5 |journal=Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union |date=23 June 2008 |volume=3 |issue=S250 |pages=429–436 |arxiv=0804.0644 |doi=10.1017/S1743921308020796|bibcode=2008IAUS..250..429T |s2cid=198472 }}] |
SDF J132522.3+273520
| Galaxy
| 2005 − 2006
| z = 6.597
|[{{cite journal |url=http://pasj.asj.or.jp/v57/n1/570114/57012649.pdf |bibcode=2005PASJ...57..165T |doi=10.1093/pasj/57.1.165 |title=The SUBARU Deep Field Project: Lymanα Emitters at a Redshift of 6.6 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan |volume=57 |pages=165–182 |year=2005 |last1=Taniguchi |first1=Yoshiaki |last2=Ajiki |first2=Masaru |last3=Nagao |first3=Tohru |last4=Shioya |first4=Yasuhiro |last5=Murayama |first5=Takashi |last6=Kashikawa |first6=Nobunari |last7=Kodaira |first7=Keiichi |last8=Kaifu |first8=Norio |last9=Ando |first9=Hiroyasu |last10=Karoji |first10=Hiroshi |last11=Akiyama |first11=Masayuki |last12=Aoki |first12=Kentaro |last13=Doi |first13=Mamoru |last14=Fujita |first14=Shinobu S. |last15=Furusawa |first15=Hisanori |last16=Hayashino |first16=Tomoki |last17=Iwamuro |first17=Fumihide |last18=Iye |first18=Masanori |last19=Kobayashi |first19=Naoto |last20=Kodama |first20=Tadayuki |last21=Komiyama |first21=Yutaka |last22=Matsuda |first22=Yuichi |last23=Miyazaki |first23=Satoshi |last24=Mizumoto |first24=Yoshihiko |last25=Morokuma |first25=Tomoki |last26=Motohara |first26=Kentaro |last27=Nariai |first27=Kyoji |last28=Ohta |first28=Koji |last29=Ohyama |first29=Youichi |last30=Okamura |first30=Sadanori |display-authors=6|arxiv = astro-ph/0407542 }}] |
SDF J132418.3+271455
| Galaxy
| 2003 − 2005
| z = 6.578
|[{{cite news |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2884411.stm |title=Most distant galaxy detected |date=25 March 2003}}][{{cite web |website=SpaceRef |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=11046 |title=Subaru Telescope Detects the Most Distant Galaxy Yet and Expects Many More |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209015117/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=11046 |archive-date=2012-12-09 |date=March 24, 2003}}][{{Cite journal |arxiv=astro-ph/0301096 |last1=Kodaira |first1=K. |title=The Discovery of Two Lyman$α$ Emitters Beyond Redshift 6 in the Subaru Deep Field |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=L17 |last2=Taniguchi |first2=Y. |last3=Kashikawa |first3=N. |last4=Kaifu |first4=N. |last5=Ando |first5=H. |last6=Karoji |first6=H. |last7=Ajiki |first7=Masaru |last8=Akiyama |first8=Masayuki |last9=Aoki |first9=Kentaro |last10=Doi |first10=Mamoru |last11=Fujita |first11=Shinobu S. |last12=Furusawa |first12=Hisanori |last13=Hayashino |first13=Tomoki |last14=Imanishi |first14=Masatoshi |last15=Iwamuro |first15=Fumihide |last16=Iye |first16=Masanori |last17=Kawabata |first17=Koji S. |last18=Kobayashi |first18=Naoto |last19=Kodama |first19=Tadayuki |last20=Komiyama |first20=Yutaka |last21=Kosugi |first21=George |last22=Matsuda |first22=Yuichi |last23=Miyazaki |first23=Satoshi |last24=Mizumoto |first24=Yoshihiko |last25=Motohara |first25=Kentaro |last26=Murayama |first26=Takashi |last27=Nagao |first27=Tohru |last28=Nariai |first28=Kyoji |last29=Ohta |first29=Kouji |last30=Ohyama |first30=Youichi |year=2003 |doi=10.1093/pasj/55.2.L17 |display-authors=6 |bibcode = 2003PASJ...55L..17K }}] |
HCM-6A
| Galaxy
| 2002 − 2003
| z = 6.56
| The galaxy is lensed by galaxy cluster Abell 370. This was the first non-quasar galaxy found to exceed redshift 6. It exceeded the redshift of quasar SDSSp J103027.10+052455.0 of z = 6.28[{{cite magazine |magazine=New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2046-new-record-for-universes-most-distant-object.html |title=New record for Universe's most distant object |date=14 March 2002}}][{{cite news |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1871043.stm |title=Far away stars light early cosmos |date=14 March 2002}}][{{cite journal | doi = 10.1086/340424 | volume=568 | title=A Redshift z = 6.56 Galaxy behind the Cluster Abell 370 | year=2002 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | pages=L75–L79 | last1 = Hu | first1 = E. M. | issue=2 | arxiv=astro-ph/0203091 | bibcode=2002ApJ...568L..75H| doi-access=free }}][{{cite web |url=http://hera.ph1.uni-koeln.de/~heintzma/U/Lens.htm |title=K2.1 HCM 6A — Discovery of a redshift z = 6.56 galaxy lying behind the cluster Abell 370 |publisher=Hera.ph1.uni-koeln.de |date=2008-04-14 |access-date=2010-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518140741/http://hera.ph1.uni-koeln.de/~heintzma/U/Lens.htm |archive-date=2011-05-18 }}] |
SDSS J1030+0524 (SDSSp J103027.10+052455.0)
| Quasar
| 2001 − 2002
| z = 6.28
|[{{Cite journal |arxiv=astro-ph/0112075 |last1=Pentericci |first1=L. |title=VLT observations of the z = 6.28 quasar SDSS 1030+0524 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=123 |issue=5 |page=2151 |last2=Fan |first2=X. |last3=Rix |first3=H. W. |last4=Strauss |first4=M. A. |last5=Narayanan |first5=V. K. |last6=Richards |first6=G T. |last7=Schneider |first7=D. P. |last8=Krolik |first8=J. |last9=Heckman |first9=T. |last10=Brinkmann |first10=J. |last11=Lamb |first11=D. Q. |last12=Szokoly |first12=G. P. |year=2002 |doi=10.1086/340077 |bibcode=2002AJ....123.2151P|s2cid=119041760 }}][{{cite journal |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=578 |issue=2 |pages=702–707 |date=20 October 2002 |title=A Constraint on the Gravitational Lensing Magnification and Age of the Redshift z = 6.28 Quasar SDSS 1030+0524 |first1=Zoltan |last1=Haiman |first2=Renyue |last2=Cen|doi=10.1086/342610 |arxiv=astro-ph/0205143 }}][{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/375547 |title=Probing the Ionization State of the Universe atz>6 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=126 |issue=1 |pages=1–14 |year=2003 |last1=White |first1=Richard L. |last2=Becker |first2=Robert H. |last3=Fan |first3=Xiaohui |last4=Strauss |first4=Michael A. |bibcode=2003AJ....126....1W|arxiv = astro-ph/0303476 |s2cid=51505828 }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=2004ApJ...611L..13F |doi=10.1086/423669 |title=The X-Ray Spectrum of the z = 6.30 QSO SDSS J1030+0524 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=611 |issue=1 |pages=L13–L16 |year=2004 |last1=Farrah |first1=D. |last2=Priddey |first2=R. |last3=Wilman |first3=R. |last4=Haehnelt |first4=M. |last5=McMahon |first5=R.|arxiv = astro-ph/0406561 |s2cid=14854831 }}] |
SDSS 1044–0125 (SDSSp J104433.04–012502.2)
| Quasar
| 2000 − 2001
| z = 5.82
|[{{cite journal |publisher=Eberly College of Science, Penn State University |journal=Science Journal |date=Summer 2000 |volume=17 |issue=1 |url=http://www.science.psu.edu/journal/Sum2000/DistObj.htm |title=International Team of Astronomers Finds Most Distant Object |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912024541/http://www.science.psu.edu/journal/Sum2000/DistObj.htm |archive-date=2009-09-12}}][{{cite journal |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=522 |issue=1 |pages=L9–L12 |date=1999-09-01 |title=An Extremely Luminous Galaxy at z = 5.74 |doi=10.1086/312205 |first1=Esther M. |last1=Hu |first2=Richard G. |last2=McMahon |first3=Lennox L. |last3=Cowie|arxiv=astro-ph/9907079 |bibcode=1999ApJ...522L...9H }}][{{cite news |publisher=Eberly College of Science, Penn State University |url=http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Schneider6-2001.htm |title=Discovery Announced of Two Most Distant Objects |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121093952/http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Schneider6-2001.htm |archive-date=2007-11-21 |date=5 June 2001}}][{{cite press release |agency=SDSS |work=Space News |url=https://spacenews.com/early-results-from-the-sloan-digital-sky-survey-from-under-our-nose-to-the-edge-of-the-universe/ |title=Early results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: From under our nose to the edge of the universe |date=5 June 2001}}][{{cite news |publisher=Eberly College of Science, Penn State University |url=http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Brandt12-2000.htm |title=X-rays from the Most Distant Quasar Captured with the XMM-Newton Satellite |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121231510/http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Brandt12-2000.htm |archive-date=2007-11-21 |date=1 December 2000}}][{{cite web |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison |url=http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~stanway/research/highzobj.html |title=Confirmed High Redshift (z > 5.5) Galaxies |date=10 February 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618233852/http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~stanway/research/highzobj.html |archive-date=2007-06-18 }}][{{cite web |website=Space.com |url=http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/distant_object_001201.html |title=Most Distant Object in Universe Comes Closer |date=1 December 2000 |first=Robin |last=Lloyd |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209042357/http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/distant_object_001201.html |archive-date=2009-12-09}}] |
SSA22-HCM1
| Galaxy
| 1999–2000
| z>=5.74
| |
HDF 4-473.0
| Galaxy
| 1998–1999
| z = 5.60
|[{{cite journal |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=111 |pages=1475–1502 |date=December 1999 |title=Search Techniques for Distant Galaxies |url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept04/Stern/Stern1.html |first1=Daniel |last1=Stern |first2=Hyron |last2=Spinrad |issue=766 |doi=10.1086/316471 |arxiv=astro-ph/9912082|bibcode=1999PASP..111.1475S }}] |
RD1 (0140+326 RD1)
| Galaxy
| 1998
| z = 5.34
|[{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFDD123DF933A15753C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 |title=Peering Back in Time, Astronomers Glimpse Galaxies Aborning |date=October 20, 1998 |first=John Noble |last=Wilford |url-access=subscription}}][{{cite web |series=Astronomy Picture of the Day |publisher=NASA |url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980324.html |title=A Baby Galaxy |date=March 24, 1998}}][{{Cite journal |arxiv=astro-ph/9803137 |last1=Dey |first1=Arjun |title=A Galaxy at z = 5.34 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=498 |issue=2 |pages=L93 |last2=Spinrad |first2=Hyron |last3=Stern |first3=Daniel |last4=Graham |first4=James R. |last5=Chaffee |first5=Frederic H. |year=1998 |doi=10.1086/311331 |bibcode=1998ApJ...498L..93D}}][{{cite web |url=http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/old_new_cosmo.html#12Mar98 |title=A New Most Distant Object: z = 5.34 |publisher=Astro.ucla.edu |access-date=2010-10-22}}] |
CL 1358+62 G1 & CL 1358+62 G2
| Galaxies
| 1997 − 1998
| z = 4.92
| These were the most remote objects discovered at the time. The pair of galaxies were found lensed by galaxy cluster CL1358+62 (z = 0.33). This was the first time since 1964 that something other than a quasar held the record for being the most distant object in the universe.[{{cite web |series=Astronomy Picture of the Day |publisher=NASA |url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970731.html |title=Behind CL1358+62: A New Farthest Object |date=July 31, 1997}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1997ApJ...486L..75F |doi=10.1086/310844 |title=A Pair of Lensed Galaxies at z = 4.92 in the Field of CL 1358+62 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=486 |issue=2 |pages=L75 |year=1997 |last1=Franx |first1=Marijn |last2=Illingworth |first2=Garth D. |last3=Kelson |first3=Daniel D. |last4=Van Dokkum |first4=Pieter G. |last5=Tran |first5=Kim-Vy|arxiv = astro-ph/9704090 |s2cid=14502310 }}][{{cite journal | doi = 10.1023/a:1017052809781 | url = http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Illingworth/Ill8.html | bibcode=1999Ap&SS.269..165I | volume=269/270 | year=1999 | journal=Astrophysics and Space Science | pages=165–181 | last1 = Illingworth | first1 = Garth | title = Galaxies at High Redshift | arxiv = astro-ph/0009187 | s2cid = 119363931 }}] |
PC 1247–3406
| Quasar
| 1991 − 1997
| z = 4.897
|[{{cite journal |last1=Schneider |first1=Donald P. |last2=Schmidt |first2=Maarten |last3=Gunn |first3=James E. |title=PC 1247 + 3406 - an optically selected quasar with a redshift of 4.897 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=September 1991 |volume=102 |page=837 |doi=10.1086/115914|bibcode=1991AJ....102..837S }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1994AJ....108.1147S |title=Multicolor detection of high-redshift quasars, 2: Five objects with Z greater than or approximately equal to 4 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=108 |page=1147 |last1=Smith |first1=J. D. |last2=Djorgovski |first2=S. |last3=Thompson |first3=D. |last4=Brisken |first4=W. F. |last5=Neugebauer |first5=G. |last6=Matthews |first6=K. |last7=Meylan |first7=G. |last8=Piotto |first8=G. |last9=Suntzeff |first9=N. B. |year=1994 |doi=10.1086/117143|url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/74253/2/1994AJ____108_1147S.pdf }}][{{cite magazine |magazine=New Scientist |issue=1842 |date=10 October 1992 |page=17 |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13618423.200-science-infant-galaxys-light-show-.html |title=Science: Infant galaxy's light show |first=Ken |last=Croswell}}][{{cite press release |publisher=FermiLab |url=http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/98/q4/1208-skysur.htm |title=Scientists of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Discover Most Distant Quasar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912194951/http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/98/q4/1208-skysur.htm |archive-date=2009-09-12 |date=December 8, 1998}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1998MNRAS.294L...7H |title=Discovery of radio-loud quasars with z = 4.72 and z = 4.01 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=294 |issue=1 |pages=L7–L12 |last1=Hook |first1=Isobel M. |last2=McMahon |first2=Richard G. |year=1998 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01368.x| doi-access=free |arxiv = astro-ph/9801026 }}] |
PC 1158+4635
| Quasar
| 1989 − 1991
| z = 4.73
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1991AJ....101....5T |title=Quasars and galaxy formation. I – the Z greater than 4 objects |journal=Astronomical Journal |volume=101 |page=5 |last1=Turner |first1=Edwin L. |year=1991 |doi=10.1086/115663}}][SIMBAD, [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PC+1158%2B4635 Object query : PC 1158+4635], QSO B1158+4635 – Quasar][{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb32157.x |title=Young Galaxies |journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |volume=647 |issue=1 Texas/ESO–Cer |pages=31–41 |year=1991 |last1=Cowie |first1=Lennox L. |bibcode=1991NYASA.647...31C|s2cid=222074763 }}][New York Times, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0DB153AF933A15752C1A96F948260&scp=11&sq=most+distant+quasar&st=nyt Peering to Edge of Time, Scientists Are Astonished], November 20, 1989] |
Q0051–279
| Quasar
| 1987 − 1989
| z = 4.43
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1987Natur.330..453W |doi=10.1038/330453a0 |title=Quasars of redshift z = 4.43 and z = 4.07 in the South Galactic Pole field |journal=Nature |volume=330 |issue=6147 |page=453 |year=1987 |last1=Warren |first1=S. J. |last2=Hewett |first2=P. C. |last3=Osmer |first3=P. S. |last4=Irwin |first4=M. J.|s2cid=4352819 }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1988Ap.....29..657L |doi=10.1007/BF01005972 |title=Absorption spectra of quasars |journal=Astrophysics |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=657–671 |year=1989 |last1=Levshakov |first1=S. A.|s2cid=122978350 }}][{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3DF143CF937A25752C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=Objects Detected in Universe May Be the Most Distant Ever Sighted |date=January 14, 1988 |url-access=subscription |first=John Noble |last=Wilford }}][{{cite news |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7D8113CF933A25756C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title=Astronomers Peer Deeper Into Cosmos |date=May 10, 1988 |url-access=subscription |first=John Noble |last=Wilford}}] |
Q0000–26 (QSO B0000–26)
| Quasar
| 1987
| z = 4.11
|[{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Q0000-26 |title=Object query : Q0000-26}}] |
PC 0910+5625 (QSO B0910+5625)
| Quasar
| 1987
| z = 4.04
| This was the second quasar discovered with a redshift over 4.[{{cite journal |bibcode=1987ApJ...321L...7S |title=PC 0910 + 5625 – an optically selected quasar with a redshift of 4.04 |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=321 |pages=L7 |last1=Schmidt |first1=Maarten |last2=Schneider |first2=Donald P. |last3=Gunn |first3=James E. |year=1987 |doi=10.1086/184996}}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PC+0910%2B5625&submit=SIMBAD+search |title=Object query : PC 0910+5625}}] |
Q0046–293 (QSO J0048–2903)
| Quasar
| 1987
| z = 4.01
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1987Natur.325..131W |title=First observation of a quasar with a redshift of 4 |journal=Nature |volume=325 |issue=6100 |page=131 |last1=Warren |first1=S. J. |last2=Hewett |first2=P. C. |last3=Irwin |first3=M. J. |last4=McMahon |first4=R. G. |last5=Bridgeland |first5=M. T. |last6=Bunclark |first6=P. S. |last7=Kibblewhite |first7=E. J. |year=1987 |doi=10.1038/325131a0|s2cid=4335291 }}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Q0046-293 |title=Object query : Q0046-293}}] |
Q1208+1011 (QSO B1208+1011)
| Quasar
| 1986 − 1987
| z = 3.80
| This is a gravitationally-lensed double-image quasar, and at the time of discovery to 1991, had the least angular separation between images, 0.45{{pprime}}.[{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Q1208%2B1011 |title=Object query : Q1208+1011}}][{{cite magazine |magazine=New Scientist |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13217953.100-science-quasar-doubles-help-to-fix-the-hubble-constant.html |title=Quasar doubles help to fix the Hubble constant |date=16 November 1991 |first=Nigel |last=Henbest}}] |
PKS 2000-330 (QSO J2003–3251, Q2000–330)
| Quasar
| 1982 − 1986
| z = 3.78
|[{{cite web |publisher=Orwell Astronomical Society |location=Ipswich |url=http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Miscellaneous/Archived_astro_news.htm |title=Archived Astronomy News Items, 1972–1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912004912/http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Miscellaneous/Archived_astro_news.htm |archive-date=2009-09-12 }}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PKS+2000-330 |title=Object query : PKS 2000-330}}] |
OQ172 (QSO B1442+101)
| Quasar
| 1974 − 1982
| z = 3.53
|[{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=OQ172 |title=Object query : OQ172}}] |
OH471 (QSO B0642+449)
| Quasar
| 1973 − 1974
| z = 3.408
| Nickname was "the blaze marking the edge of the universe".[{{cite web |website=OSU Big Ear |url=http://www.bigear.org/ohsmarkr/History_OSURO.htm |title=History of the OSU Radio Observatory}}][{{cite magazine |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945213,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214071937/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945213,00.html |archive-date=2008-12-14 |title=The Edge of Night |date=April 23, 1973}}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=OH471 |title=QSO B0642+449 – Quasar}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1990RPPh...53.1095W |doi=10.1088/0034-4885/53/8/003 |title=The detection of high-redshift quasars |journal=Reports on Progress in Physics |volume=53 |issue=8 |page=1095 |year=1990 |last1=Warren |first1=S. J. |last2=Hewett |first2=P. C.|s2cid=250880776 }}] |
4C 05.34
| Quasar
| 1970 − 1973
| z = 2.877
| Its redshift was so much greater than the previous record that it was believed to be erroneous, or spurious.[{{cite web |url=http://www.reciprocalsystem.com/ce/q3y.htm |title=Quasars – Three Years Later |access-date=2010-02-17 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118162311/http://www.reciprocalsystem.com/ce/q3y.htm |url-status=dead }}][{{cite book |title=The Structure of the Physical Universe |volume=III: The Universe of Motion |url=http://library.rstheory.com/books/uom/23.html |chapter=Chapter 23 – Quasar Redshifts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619085211/http://library.rstheory.com/books/uom/23.html |archive-date=2008-06-19 |first=Dewey Bernard |last=Larson |isbn=0-913138-11-8 |year=1984|publisher=North Pacific Publishers }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1971ApJ...163..235B |title=Some Inferences from Spectrophotometry of Quasi-Stellar Sources |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=163 |page=235 |last1=Bahcall |first1=John N. |last2=Oke |first2=J. B. |year=1971 |doi=10.1086/150762|doi-access=free }}] |
5C 02.56 (7C 105517.75+495540.95)
| Quasar
| 1968 − 1970
| z = 2.399
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1970Natur.226..532L |doi=10.1038/226532a0 |title=The Unusually Large Redshift of 4C 05.34 |journal=Nature |volume=226 |issue=5245 |page=532 |year=1970 |last1=Lynds |first1=R. |last2=Wills |first2=D. |pmid=16057373|s2cid=28297458 |doi-access=free }}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.harvard.edu/simbad/sim-id?Ident=5C+02.56+&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title=7C 105517.75+495540.95 – Quasar}}] |
4C 25.05 (4C 25.5)
| Quasar
| 1968
| z = 2.358
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1968ApJ...154L..41B |title=The Distribution of Redshifts in Quasi-Stellar Objects, N-Systems and Some Radio and Compact Galaxies |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=154 |pages=L41 |last1=Burbidge |first1=Geoffrey |year=1968 |doi=10.1086/180265|doi-access=free }}] |
PKS 0237–23 (QSO B0237–2321)
| Quasar
| 1967 − 1968
| z = 2.225
|[{{cite magazine |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843526,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215131450/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843526,00.html |archive-date=2008-12-15 |title=A Farther-Out Quasar |date=April 7, 1967}}][{{cite web |website=SIMBAD |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401251167&Name=QSO%20B0237-2321 |title=Object query : QSO B0237-2321}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1967ApJ...147..851B |title=On the Wavelengths of the Absorption Lines in Quasi-Stellar Objects |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=147 |page=851 |last1=Burbidge |first1=Geoffrey |year=1967 |doi=10.1086/149072}}] |
4C 12.39 (Q1116+12, PKS 1116+12)
| Quasar
| 1966 − 1967
| z = 2.1291
|[SIMBAD, [http://simbad.harvard.edu/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Q1116%2B12&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id Object query : Q1116+12], 4C 12.39 – Quasar] |
4C 01.02 (Q0106+01, PKS 0106+1)
| Quasar
| 1965 − 1966
| z = 2.0990
|[Time Magazine, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911161032/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899107-1,00.html The Man on the Mountain], Friday, Mar. 11, 1966][SIMBAD, [http://simbad.harvard.edu/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Q0106%2B01&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id Object query : Q0106+01], 4C 01.02 – Quasar] |
3C 9
| Quasar
| 1965
| z = 2.018
|[Time Magazine, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080220093047/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901720,00.html Toward the Edge of the Universe], Friday, May. 21, 1965][Time Magazine, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080423044527/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898892,00.html The Quasi-Quasars], Friday, Jun. 18, 1965][The Cosmic Century: A History of Astrophysics and Cosmology [https://archive.org/details/cosmiccenturyhis0000long/page/379 p. 379] by Malcolm S. Longair – 2006][{{cite journal |bibcode=1965ApJ...141.1295S |title=Large Redshifts of Five Quasi-Stellar Sources |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=141 |page=1295 |last1=Schmidt |first1=Maarten |year=1965 |doi=10.1086/148217}}][[http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay21/qso.txt The Discovery of Radio Galaxies and Quasars], 1965] |
3C 147
| Quasar
| 1964 − 1965
| z = 0.545
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1965qssg.conf..269S |title=Redshifts of the Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources 3c 47 and 3c 147 |journal=Quasi-Stellar Sources and Gravitational Collapse |page=269 |last1=Schmidt |first1=Maarten |last2=Matthews |first2=Thomas A. |year=1965}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1992AJ....103.1451S |title=Radio properties of optically selected high-redshift quasars. I – VLA observations of 22 quasars at 6 CM |journal=Astronomical Journal |volume=103 |page=1451 |last1=Schneider |first1=Donald P. |last2=Van Gorkom |first2=J. H. |last3=Schmidt |first3=Maarten |last4=Gunn |first4=James E. |year=1992 |doi=10.1086/116159}}][{{cite magazine |magazine=Time Magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875737,00.html |title=Astronomy: Finding the Fastest Galaxy: 76,000 Miles per Second |date=April 10, 1964 |volume=83 |number=15 }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1964ApJ...139..781S |title=Redshift of the Quasi-Stellar Radio Sources 3c 47 and 3c 147 |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=139 |page=781 |last1=Schmidt |first1=Maarten |last2=Matthews |first2=Thomas A. |year=1964 |doi=10.1086/147815}}] |
3C 295
| Radio galaxy
| 1960 − 1964
| z = 0.461
|[{{cite web |url=http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay21/qso.txt |title=The Discovery of Radio Galaxies and Quasars |access-date=2010-10-22}}][{{cite journal |bibcode= 1993ARA&A..31..639M|doi=10.1146/annurev.aa.31.090193.003231 |title=High Redshift Radio Galaxies |journal=Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=31 |pages=639–688 |year=1993 |last1=McCarthy |first1=Patrick J.}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1961ApJ...133..355S |title=The Ability of the 200-INCH Telescope to Discriminate Between Selected World Models |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=133 |page=355 |last1=Sandage |first1=Allan |year=1961 |doi=10.1086/147041}}] |
LEDA 25177 (MCG+01-23-008)
| Brightest cluster galaxy
| 1951 − 1960
| z = 0.2 (V = 61000 km/s)
| This galaxy lies in the Hydra Supercluster. It is located at B1950.0 {{RA|08|55|4}} {{DEC|+03|21}} and is the BCG of the fainter Hydra Cluster Cl 0855+0321 (ACO 732).[{{cite journal |bibcode=1953MNRAS.113..658H |title=The law of red shifts (George Darwin Lecture) |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=113 |issue=6 |pages=658–666 |last1=Hubble |first1=E. P. |year=1953 |doi=10.1093/mnras/113.6.658|doi-access=free }}][{{cite journal |last1=Sandage |first1=Allan | title=Observational Tests of World Models: 6.1. Local Tests for Linearity of the Redshift-Distance Relation | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept01/Sandage/Sand6.html | journal=Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. | volume=1988 | issue=26 | pages=561–630 }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1956AJ.....61...97H |title=Redshifts and magnitudes of extragalactic nebulae |journal=Astronomical Journal |volume=61 |page=97 |last1=Humason |first1=M. L. |last2=Mayall |first2=N. U. |last3=Sandage |first3=A. R. |year=1956 |doi=10.1086/107297}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1953Obs....73...97. |title=1053 May 8 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society |journal=The Observatory |volume=73 |page=97 |year=1953}}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1958ASPL....7..393M |title=From Atoms to Galaxies |journal=Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets |volume=7 |issue=349 |page=393 |last1=Merrill |first1=Paul W. |year=1958}}] |
LEDA 51975 (MCG+05-34-069)
| Brightest cluster galaxy
| 1936 –
| z = 0.13 (V = 39000 km/s)
| The brightest cluster galaxy of the Bootes Cluster (ACO 1930), an elliptical galaxy at B1950.0 {{RA|14|30|6}} {{DEC|+31|46}} apparent magnitude 17.8, was found by Milton L. Humason in 1936 to have a 40,000 km/s recessional redshift velocity.[{{cite journal |last1=Humason |first1=M. L. |title=The Apparent Radial Velocities of 100 Extra-Galactic Nebulae |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=January 1936 |volume=83 |page=10 |doi=10.1086/143696 |bibcode=1936ApJ....83...10H|doi-access=free }}]["The First 50 Years At Palomar: 1949–1999; The Early Years of Stellar Evolution, Cosmology, and High-Energy Astrophysics'; [http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept03/Sandage/Sandage5_2.html 5.2.1. The Mount Wilson Years]; Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1999. 37: 445–486] |
LEDA 20221 (MCG+06-16-021)
| Brightest cluster galaxy
| 1932 –
| z = 0.075 (V = 23000 km/s)
| This is the BCG of the Gemini Cluster (ACO 568) and was located at B1950.0 {{RA|07|05|0}} {{DEC|+35|04}}[{{cite journal |last1=Chant |first1=C. A. |title=Notes and Queries (Doings at Mount Wilson-Ritchey's Photographic Telescope-Infra-red Photographic Plates) |journal=Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=1 April 1932 |volume=26 |page=180 |bibcode=1932JRASC..26..180C}}] |
BCG of WMH Christie's Leo Cluster
| Brightest cluster galaxy
| 1931 − 1932
| z = (V = 19700 km/s)
|[{{cite journal |last1=Humason |first1=Milton L. |title=Apparent Velocity-Shifts in the Spectra of Faint Nebulae |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=July 1931 |volume=74 |page=35 |doi=10.1086/143287 |bibcode=1931ApJ....74...35H}}][{{cite journal |last1=Hubble |first1=Edwin |last2=Humason |first2=Milton L. |title=The Velocity-Distance Relation among Extra-Galactic Nebulae |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |date=July 1931 |volume=74 |page=43 |doi=10.1086/143323 |bibcode=1931ApJ....74...43H}}][{{cite journal |last1=Humason |first1=M. L. |title=The Large Apparent Velocities of Extra-Galactic Nebulae |journal=Leaflet of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |date=1 January 1931 |volume=1 |issue=37 |page=149 |bibcode=1931ASPL....1..149H}}] |
BCG of Baede's Ursa Major Cluster
| Brightest cluster galaxy
| 1930 − 1931
| z = (V = 11700 km/s)
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1930ApJ....71..351H |title=The Rayton short-focus spectrographic objective |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=71 |page=351 |last1=Humason |first1=M. L. |year=1930 |doi=10.1086/143255|doi-access=free }}] |
NGC 4860
| Galaxy
| 1929 − 1930
| z = 0.026 (V = 7800 km/s)
|[{{cite journal |bibcode=1929PASP...41..244. |title=The Berkeley Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, June 20–21, 1929 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=41 |issue=242 |page=244 |year=1929 |doi=10.1086/123945|doi-access=free }}] |
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| NGC 7619
| Galaxy
| 1929
| z = 0.012 (V = 3779 km/s)
| Using redshift measurements, NGC 7619 was the highest at the time of measurement. At the time of announcement, it was not yet accepted as a general guide to distance, however, later in the year, Edwin Hubble described redshift in relation to distance, which became accepted widely as an inferred distance.[From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Volume 15 : March 15, 1929 : Number 3; [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/d_1996/hum_1929.html The Large Radial Velocity of N. G. C. 7619]; January 17, 1929][The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada / Journal de la Société Royale D'astronomie du Canada; Vol. 83, No. 6 December 1989 Whole No. 621; [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/d_1996/sandage_hubble.html EDWIN HUBBLE 1889–1953]] |
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| NGC 584 (Dreyer nebula 584)
| Galaxy
| 1921 − 1929
| z = 0.006 (V = 1800 km/s)
| At the time, nebula had yet to be accepted as independent galaxies. However, in 1923, galaxies were generally recognized as external to the Milky Way.[{{cite journal |bibcode=1996PASP..108.1073T |title=H_0: The Incredible Shrinking Constant, 1925–1975 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=108 |page=1073 |last1=Trimble |first1=Virginia |year=1996 |doi=10.1086/133837|s2cid=122165424 |url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt0tg0q2qx/qt0tg0q2qx.pdf?t=nlq2m6 }}][{{cite journal |bibcode=1920BHarO.739....1B |title=Comet Skjellerup |journal=Harvard College Observatory Bulletin |volume=739 |page=1 |last1=Bailey |first1=S. I. |year=1920}}][New York Times, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E2DA153CE533A2575AC1A9679C946095D6CF DREYER NEBULA NO. 584 Inconceivably Distant; Dr. Slipher Says the Celestial Speed Champion Is 'Many Millions of Light Years' Away.]; January 19, 1921, Wednesday][New York Times, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F06E1DB153CE533A2575BC1A9679C946095D6CF Nebula Dreyer Breaks All Sky Speed Records; Portion of the Constellation of Cetus Is Rushing Along at Rate of 1,240 Miles a Second.]; January 18, 1921, Tuesday] |
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| M104 (NGC 4594)
| Galaxy
| 1913 − 1921
| z = 0.004 (V = 1180 km/s)
| This was the second galaxy whose redshift was determined; the first being Andromeda – which is approaching us and thus cannot have its redshift used to infer distance. Both were measured by Vesto Melvin Slipher. At this time, nebula had yet to be accepted as independent galaxies. NGC 4594 was measured originally as 1000 km/s, then refined to 1100, and then to 1180 in 1916.[National Academy of Sciences; [https://books.google.com/books?id=h9xnzIV_zQYC Biographical Memoirs: V. 52] – Vesto Melvin Slipher; {{ISBN|0-309-03099-4}}] |
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| Arcturus (Alpha Bootis)
| Star
| 1891 − 1910
| 160 ly (18 mas) (this is very inaccurate, true=37 ly)
| This number is wrong; originally announced in 1891, the figure was corrected in 1910 to 40 ly (60 mas). From 1891 to 1910, it had been thought this was the star with the smallest known parallax, hence the most distant star whose distance was known. Prior to 1891, Arcturus had previously been recorded of having a parallax of 127 mas.[Hawera & Normanby Star, [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=HNS19101229.2.10 "Items of Interest"], 29 December 1910, Volume LX, page 3 . Retrieved 25 March 2010.][Evening Star (San Jose), [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VvQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=984,6069796&dq=parallax+star&hl=en "Colossal Arcturus"], Pittsburgh Dispatch, 10 June 1910 . Retrieved 25 March 2010.][Nelson Evening Mail, [http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NEM18911102.2.16 "British Bloodthirstiness"], 2 November 1891, Volume XXV, Issue 230, Page 3 . Retrieved 25 March 2010.]["Handbook of astronomy", Dionysius Lardner & Edwin Dunkin, Lockwood & Co. (1875), [https://archive.org/details/handbookastrono00lardgoog/page/n171 p.121]] |
Capella (Alpha Aurigae)
| Star
| 1849–1891
| 72 ly (46 mas)
|["The Three Heavens", Josiah Crampton, William Hunt and Company (1876), [https://archive.org/details/threeheavens00cramgoog/page/n215 p.164]][{{in lang|de}} Kosmos: Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung, Volume 4, Alexander von Humboldt, J. G. Cotta (1858), [https://books.google.com/books?id=MbYqAQAAIAAJ p.195]]["Outlines of Astronomy", John F. W. Herschel, Longman & Brown (1849), ch. 'Parallax of Stars', [https://books.google.com/books?id=cvY0AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA552 p.551 (section 851)]] |
Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris)
| Star
| 1847 – 1849
| 50 ly (80 mas) (this is very inaccurate, true=~375 ly)
|[The Sidereal Messenger, "Of the Precession of the Equinoxes, Nutation of the Earth's Axis, And Aberration of Light", Vol.1, No. 12, April 1847: 'Derby, Bradley, & Co.' Cincinnati] |
Vega (Alpha Lyrae)
| Star (part of a double star pair)
| 1839 – 1847
| 7.77 pc (125 mas)
|[The North American Review, "The Observatory at Pulkowa", FGW Struve, Volume 69 Issue 144 (July 1849)] |
61 Cygni
| Binary star
| 1838 − 1839
| 3.48 pc (313.6 mas)
| This was the first star other than the Sun to have its distance measured.[SEDS, [http://messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/bessel.html "Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (July 22, 1784 – March 17, 1846)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204150631/http://messier.seds.org/xtra/Bios/bessel.html |date=February 4, 2012 }} . Retrieved 11 November 2009.][Harper's New Monthly Magazine, [http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=harp;cc=harp;idno=harp0049-6;node=harp0049-6%3A1;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=837;view=image;page=root "Some Talks of an Astronomer"], Simon Newcomb, Volume 0049 Issue 294 (November 1874), pp.827 (accessed 2009-Nov-11)] |
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| Uranus
| Planet of the Solar System
| 1781 − 1838
| 18 AU
| This was the last planet discovered before the first successful measurement of stellar parallax. It had been determined that the stars were much farther away than the planets. |
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| Saturn
| Planet of the Solar System
| 1619 − 1781
| 10 AU
| From Kepler's Third Law, it was finally determined that Saturn is indeed the outermost of the classical planets, and its distance derived. It had only previously been conjectured to be the outermost, due to it having the longest orbital period, and slowest orbital motion. It had been determined that the stars were much farther away than the planets. |
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| Mars
| Planet of the Solar System
| 1609 − 1619
| 2.6 AU when Mars is diametrically opposed to Earth
| Kepler correctly characterized Mars and Earth's orbits in the publication Astronomia nova. It had been conjectured that the fixed stars were much farther away than the planets. |
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| Sun
| Star
| 3rd century BC — 1609
| 380 Earth radii (very inaccurate, true=16000 Earth radii)
| Aristarchus of Samos made a measurement of the distance of the Sun from the Earth in relation to the distance of the Moon from the Earth. The distance to the Moon was described in Earth radii (20, also inaccurate). The diameter of the Earth had been calculated previously. At the time, it was assumed that some of the planets were further away, but their distances could not be measured. The order of the planets was conjecture until Kepler determined the distances from the Sun of the five known planets that were not Earth. It had been conjectured that the fixed stars were much farther away than the planets. |
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| Moon
| Moon of a planet
| 3rd century BC
| 20 Earth radii (very inaccurate, true=64 Earth radii)
| Aristarchus of Samos made a measurement of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. The diameter of the Earth had been calculated previously. |
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- z represents redshift, a measure of recessional velocity and inferred distance due to cosmological expansion
- mas represents parallax, a measure of angle and distance can be determined through trigonometry
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