HE 1523-0901 discoverer or inventor Anna Frebel
HE 1523-0901, also named TYC 5594-576-1 or 2MASS J15260106-0911388, is the designation given to a red giant star in the Milky Way galaxy approximately 10,000 light years from Earth. It is thought to be a second generation, Population II, or metal-poor, star ([Fe/H] = −2.95). The star was found in the sample of bright metal-poor halo stars from the Hamburg/ESO Survey by Anna Frebel and collaborators. The group's research was published in the May 10, 2007 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
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