List of oldest stars

The age of the oldest known stars approaches the age of the universe, about 13.8 billion years. These are recognized as among the oldest:

NameAgeDistanceDistance descriptor
Cayrel's Star or BPS CS31082-000112.5 billion years ± 4 billion years14000 ly (4 kpc)Milky Way Galactic Halo
HE 1327-2326unstated4000 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo
SDSS J102915+172927 or Caffau's Star13 billion years4500 ly (1.37 +.15 −.12 kpc)Milky Way Galactic Halo
HE0107-524013 billion years36000 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo
HD 12256313 billion years770 lyMilky Way
Sneden's Star or BPS CS22892-005213 billion years15300 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo
HE 1523-090113.2 billion years7500 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo
2MASS J18082002-5104378 B13.53 billion years[1][2]1950 lyMilky Way thin disk
SMSS J031300.36-670839.313.6 billion years[3]6000 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo or Globular Clusters
BD +17° 324813.8 ± 4 billion years[4]968 lyMilky Way Galactic Halo
HD 140283 or the Methuselah Star14.46 ± 0.8 billion years[5]190 lyMilky Way, 19° north of Galactic Centre, closer than the Galactic Bulge
J173823.38-145701.1[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 28000 ly (8.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J182048.26-273329.2[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 20000 ly (6.0 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J183744.90-280831.1[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 57400 ly (17.6 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J183647.89-274333.1[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 22000 ly (6.6 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J183812.72-270746.3[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 40100 ly (12.3 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J183719.09-262725.0[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 32600 ly (10.0 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J184201.19-302159.6[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 31000 ly (9.6 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J184656.07-292351.5[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 31000 ly (9.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181406.68-313106.1[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 30000 ly (9.3 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181317.69-343801.9[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 21000 ly (6.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181219.68-343726.4[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 26000 ly (8.0 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181609.62-333218.7[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 33900 ly (10.4 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181634.60-340342.5[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 34200 ly (10.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175544.54-392700.9[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 44000 ly (13.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175455.52-380339.3[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 44000 ly (13.5 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175746.58-384750.0[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 30000 ly (9.1 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181736.59-391303.3[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 51200 ly (15.7 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181505.16-385514.9[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 16000 ly (5.0 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J181921.64-381429.0[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 36500 ly (11.2 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175722.68-411731.8[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 40400 ly (12.4 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175021.86-414627.1[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 13000 ly (4.1 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175636.59-403545.9[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 32000 ly (9.8 kpc) Milky Way bulge
J175433.19-411048.9[6] 13.2 Gy or more[7] 18000 ly (5.6 kpc) Milky Way bulge

Some of these are among the first stars from reionization (the stellar dawn), ending the Dark Ages (cosmology) about 370,000 years after Big Bang.[8]

References

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