# IOK-1 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/IOK-1 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/IOK-1.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOK-1 > Source revision: 1356283977 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Galaxy in constellation Coma Berenices IOK-1 IOK-1 by the Subaru Telescope Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Coma Berenices Right ascension 13h 23m 59.8s[1] Declination +27° 24′ 56″[1] Redshift 6.964[1] Distance 12.88 billion light-years (3.95 Gpc) Apparent magnitude (V) 24.4 Characteristics Type LAE Size 4,000 ly (1,200 pc) (diameter) 2,000 ly (610 pc) (radius) Apparent size (V) 0.001 x 0.001 Other designations JEM2013 62, OIK2017 NB973-SDF-85821, OMS2009 SDF-63544[1] **IOK-1** is a distant [galaxy](/source/Galaxy) in the [constellation](/source/Constellation) [Coma Berenices](/source/Coma_Berenices). When discovered in 2006, it was the oldest and most distant galaxy ever found, at [redshift](/source/Redshift) 6.96.[2] It was discovered in April 2006 by [Masanori Iye](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masanori_Iye&action=edit&redlink=1) at [National Astronomical Observatory of Japan](/source/National_Astronomical_Observatory_of_Japan) using the [Subaru Telescope](/source/Subaru_Telescope) in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) and is seen as it was 12.88 [billion](/source/1%2C000%2C000%2C000_(number)) years ago. Its emission of [Lyman alpha radiation](/source/Lyman_alpha_radiation) has a redshift of 6.96, corresponding to just 750 million years after the [Big Bang](/source/Big_Bang). While some scientists have claimed other objects (such as [Abell 1835 IR1916](/source/Galaxy_Abell_1835_IR1916)) to be even older, the IOK-1's age and composition have been more reliably established.[3][4] "IOK" stands for the observers' names Iye, Ota, and Kashikawa. ## See also - [Abell 2218](/source/Abell_2218) - [Abell 370](/source/Abell_370) - [A1689-zD1](/source/A1689-zD1) - [UDFy-38135539](/source/UDFy-38135539) - [List of the most distant astronomical objects](/source/List_of_the_most_distant_astronomical_objects) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SIMBAD_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SIMBAD_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-SIMBAD_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-SIMBAD_1-3) ["IOK 1"](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=IOK+1). *[SIMBAD](/source/SIMBAD)*. [Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg](/source/Centre_de_donn%C3%A9es_astronomiques_de_Strasbourg). Retrieved 2023-07-31. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hogan, Jenny (2006), "Journey to the birth of the Universe", *[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))*, **443** (7108): 128–129, [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2006Natur.443..128H](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006Natur.443..128H), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/443128a](https://doi.org/10.1038%2F443128a), [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16971914](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16971914) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Iye, Masanori; Ota, Kazuaki; Kashikawa, Nobunari; Furusawa, Hisanori; Hashimoto, Tetsuya; Hattori, Takashi; Matsuda, Yuichi; Morokuma, Tomoki; Ouchi, Masami; et al. (2006), "A galaxy at a redshift z = 6.96", *Nature*, **443** (7108): 186–188, [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[astro-ph/0609393v1](https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609393v1), [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2006Natur.443..186I](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006Natur.443..186I), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/nature05104](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fnature05104), [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16971942](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16971942), [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [2876103](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:2876103) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Press release*](http://www.subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease/2006/09/13/index.html), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, September 13, 2006 Preceded by SDF J132522.3+273520 Most distant astronomical object 2006–2009 Succeeded by GRB 090423 Preceded by SDF J132522.3+273520 Most distant galaxy 2006–2011 Succeeded by BDF-3299 v t e Constellation of Coma Berenices List of stars in Coma Berenices Coma Berenices in Chinese astronomy Stars Bayer α (Diadem) β γ Flamsteed 7 11 12 13 14 16 17 21 23 (Phyllon Kissinou) 24 31 35 36 37 41 Variable FK GP IN LW HR 4668 HD 107146 108863 108874 110067 114762 b 115404 116029 Other 2MASS J12195156+3128497 KELT-6 WASP-56 WISE 1217+1626 Exoplanets HD 108874 b c KELT-6b Star clusters Coma Star Cluster Messier 53 NGC 4147 NGC 5053 Nebulae LoTr 5 Galaxies Messier 64 (Black Eye Galaxy) 85 88 91 98 99 100 NGC 4014 4015 4017 4053 4056 4060 4061 4065 4066 4070 4072 4074 4076 4084 4086 4089 4090 4091 4092 4093 4095 4098 4136 4146 4150 4162 4185 4189 4203 4211 4212 4213 4222 4237 4245 4253 4262 4274 4278 4293 4298 4302 4308 4310 4312 4314 4323 4328 4340 4359 4375 4383 4393 4394 4414 4419 4448 4450 4455 4459 4468 4473 4474 4475 4477 4479 4489 4494 4495 4498 4502 4506 4515 4516 4523 4525 4540 4555 4556 4558 4559 4561 4565 4571 4585 4595 4611 4614 4615 4633 4634 4651 4659 4670 4673 4676 (Mice Galaxies) 4689 4692 4710 4712 4725 4747 4839 4848 4860 4869 4871 4872 4873 4874 4875 4876 4881 4883 4886 4889 4892 4895 4907 4911 4919 4921 4944 5000 5004 5012 5032 5056 5172 Other 3C 275.1 3C 287 Arp 60 Coma Berenices Dragonfly 44 IC 755 (NGC 4019) IC 831 IC 860 IC 3505 IC 3528 IC 4040 IC 4051 IOK-1 IRAS F12032+1707 LEDA 83677 M85-HCC1 Malin 1 PGC 44691 PKS 1155+251 PKS 1222+216 VIRGOHI21 ZwCl 1305.4+2941 BCG Galaxy clusters Abell 1413 Coma I Coma Cluster Coma Supercluster M94 Group NGC 4065 Group NGC 4631 Group Astronomical events GRB 050509B iPTF14atg SN 1940B SN 1979C SN 2005ap SN 2006X SN 2020oi Category --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [IOK-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOK-1) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOK-1?action=history)). 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