Oldest_star
The age of the oldest known stars approaches the age of the universe, about 13.8 billion years. Some of these are among the first stars from reionization (the stellar dawn), ending the Dark Ages about 370,000 years after the Big Bang.[1] These are recognized as among the oldest individual stars observed so far:
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| Name | Age (billions of years) |
Mass (M☉) | Distance | Location description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Methuselah Star or HD 140283 | 13.7 ± 0.7[2][lower-alpha 1] | ~0.8 | 190 ly[3] | Milky Way, 19° north of Galactic Centre, closer than the Galactic bulge. |
| 2MASS J18082002−5104378 | 13.53[4][5] | ~0.8 | 1 950 ly | Milky Way thin disk |
| BD+17°3248 | 13.8 ± 4[6][lower-alpha 1] | ~0.8 | 968 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 1219-0312 | 13.6 | ~0.8 | 32 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HD 164922 | 13.6 | ~0.85 | 72 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HD 221170[citation needed] | 13.6 | ~0.8 | 1 800 ly | Milky Way halo |
| SMSS J031300.36−670839.3 | 13.4[7] | ~0.75 | 6 000 ly | Milky Way halo or Globular clusters |
| BPS CS22957-0027 or HE 2356-0410[citation needed] | 13.4 | ~0.8 | 36 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| J173823.38-145701.1[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.85 | 28 000 ly (8.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J182048.26-273329.2[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 20 000 ly (6.0 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J183744.90-280831.1[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 57 400 ly (17.6 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J183647.89-274333.1[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 22 000 ly (6.6 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J183812.72-270746.3[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 40 100 ly (12.3 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J183719.09-262725.0[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 32 600 ly (10.0 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J184201.19-302159.6[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 31 000 ly (9.6 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J184656.07-292351.5[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.75 | 31 000 ly (9.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181406.68-313106.1[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 30 000 ly (9.3 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181317.69-343801.9[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.75 | 21 000 ly (6.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181219.68-343726.4[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.75 | 26 000 ly (8.0 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181609.62-333218.7[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 33 900 ly (10.4 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181634.60-340342.5[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 34 200 ly (10.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175544.54-392700.9[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 44 000 ly (13.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175455.52-380339.3[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 44 000 ly (13.5 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175746.58-384750.0[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.75 | 30 000 ly (9.1 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181736.59-391303.3[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 51 200 ly (15.7 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181505.16-385514.9[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 16 000 ly (5.0 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J181921.64-381429.0[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 36 500 ly (11.2 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175722.68-411731.8[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.85 | 40 400 ly (12.4 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175021.86-414627.1[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 13 000 ly (4.1 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175636.59-403545.9[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 32 000 ly (9.8 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| J175433.19-411048.9[8] | 13.2 or more[9] | ~0.8 | 18 000 ly (5.6 kpc) | Milky Way bulge |
| BPS CS22949-0037 or HE 2323-0256[citation needed] | 13.2 | ~0.8 | 22 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 0557-4840[citation needed] | 13.2 | ~0.85 | 45 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 1327-2326 | 13.2 | ~0.75 | 4 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 1523-0901 | 13.2 | ~0.8 | 7 500 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 2327-5642[citation needed] | 13.2 | ~0.8 | 18 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 2252-4225[citation needed] | 13 | ~0.85 | 75 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| Caffau's Star or SDSS J102915+172927 | 13 | ~0.8 | 4 500 ly (1.37+.15 −.12 kpc) |
Milky Way halo |
| SDSS J001820.5−093939.2 | 13 | ~0.8 | 40 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 0107-5240 | 13 | ~0.8 | 36 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HE 0020-1741 | 13 | ~0.8 | 22 000 ly | Milky Way halo |
| Sneden's Star or BPS CS22892-0052 | 13 | ~0.8 | 15 300 ly | Milky Way halo |
| Cayrel's Star or BPS CS31082-0001 | 13 | ~0.8 | 14 000 ly (4 kpc) |
Milky Way halo |
| HD 122563 | 13 | ~0.85 | 770 ly | Milky Way halo |
| HD 130322 | 13 | ~0.8 | 103 ly | Milky Way halo |
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 | This article is missing information about the age of the very oldest stars in our galaxy's bulge such as from the Gaia spacecraft. (June 2018) |
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