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HD 140283, commonly known as the Methuselah Star, is a celestial object located in the Milky Way Galaxy and regarded as one of the oldest known star candidates. Observations and calculations indicate that this star formed very close in time to the origin of the universe. Data obtained particularly by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown that the age of HD 140283 is comparable to the accepted age of the universe. Discovery and General Characteristics HD 140283 has long been studied in astronomic