How far back in time can you look with the naked eye?
In March 2008, a massive star exploded at a distance of 7.5 billion light years and produced the gamma-ray flash GRB 080319B.
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Home Knowledge Status: 15.08.2026, 09:10 PM Comments We follow on Google Every look into the night sky is a time travel: How far into the past you can see with the naked eye, surprises. According to Big Think, the absolute record among single stars visible to the naked eye is held by the star V762 Cassiopeiae in the constellation Cassiopeia: 16,300 light years – its light set off when the first humans just populated North America.
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Home Knowledge Status: 15.08.2026, 09:10 PM Comments We follow on Google Every look into the night sky is a time travel: How far into the past you can see with the naked eye, surprises.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1According to Big Think, the absolute record among single stars visible to the naked eye is held by the star V762 Cassiopeiae in the constellation Cassiopeia: 16,300 light years – its light set off when the first humans just populated North America.
according to Frankfurter Rundschau +1
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