Bright star older than the Big Bang(?)
Taken by Odd Trondal on August 17, 2026 @ Norway
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The Methuselah Star is an ancient subgiant star located ca. 195 light-years away in the constellation Libra. It is famous for initial age calculations to be up to 14500 million years.

The Star SAO 159459, is at J2000 coordinates : RA: 15h 43m 03.097s Dec: -10°56'00.59

Here is good information by Don Lincoln which always reminds us that " Physics is everything " :

https://youtu.be/dzd2nTi9cLk?si=AFCJsGQNklxsswOg

Time: 20:25UT 2026-08-17 Exp. 6 x 10 sec.
Tel. 0.254m f/5.8 ST-10XME CCD @ -22°C 1.9"/pix
Odd Trondal Obs.code 238 (Uranium). Oslo Norway.

Software used:TheSky6,CCDSoft 5, MSB Astroart 2.0, 8.0, Paint
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