Astronomers Find Second-Generation Star in Pictor II

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Astronomers Find Second-Generation Star in Pictor II

This image shows the second-generation star PicII-503, with the lowest iron content ever measured outside of the Milky Way. Image credit: CTIO / NOIRLab / DOE / NSF / AURA / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / M. Zamani & D. de Martin, NSF’s NOIRLab / Anirudh Chiti / Alex Drlica-Wagner.

PicII-503, a primordial star located in the >10-billion-year-old ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Pictor II, appears to preserve the chemical imprint of the Universe’s first stars.

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