Earendel

the most distant star detected by the Hubble Space Telescope
Place star Q111434212
Earendel
SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, Brian Welch (JHU), Dan Coe (STScI) - IMAGE PROCESSING: NASA, ESA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Earendel is a star .

Earendel

Summary

Earendel is a star[1]. Earendel ranks in the top 0.71% of star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #10 of 1,417).[2]

Key Facts

  • Earendel's image is recorded as The Sunrise Arc galaxy with lensed star Earendel -b.png[3].
  • Earendel's instance of is recorded as star[4].
  • Earendel's constellation is recorded as Cetus[5].
  • Eärendil is named after Earendel[6].
  • Aurvandill is named after Earendel[7].
  • Earendel's location of discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope[8].
  • Earendel's spectral class is recorded as B[9].
  • Earendel's Commons category is recorded as Earendel[10].
  • Earendel's catalog code is recorded as WHL-J24.3324-8.477[11].
  • Earendel's described at URL is recorded as https://www.space.com/hubble-telescope-sees-most-distant-star-earendel[12].
  • Earendel's described at URL is recorded as https://old.elementy.ru/novosti_nauki/433950/Zvezda_Earendel_zazhglas_menshe_chem_cherez_milliard_let_posle_Bolshogo_vzryva[13].
  • Earendel's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+6.2'}[14].
  • Earendel's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+27.2'}[15].
  • Earendel's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+75'}[16].
  • Earendel's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+28000000000'}[17].
  • Earendel's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11rv6qftqw[18].
  • Earendel's SIMBAD ID is recorded as [WCD2022] WHL0137-LS[19].
  • Earendel's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.3458'}[20].
  • Earendel's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-8.4644'}[21].
  • Earendel's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[22].
  • Earendel's effective temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+20000'}[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Earendel's instance of is recorded as star[4].

History and Context

Earendel's catalog code is recorded as WHL-J24.3324-8.477[11]. Things named after include Eärendil[6], a half-elven[24] and Aurvandill[7], a Norse mythical character[25].

Why It Matters

Earendel ranks in the top 0.71% of star entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month, #10 of 1,417).[2] Earendel has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Earendel is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . hubblesite.org. Retrieved . hubblesite.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . nasa.gov. Retrieved . nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . nature.com. Retrieved . nature.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . nature.com. Retrieved . nature.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . hubblesite.org. Retrieved . hubblesite.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . hubblesite.org. Retrieved . hubblesite.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Earendel. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/earendel
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_earendel_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Earendel}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/earendel}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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