Star-forming nebula (H II region)
WISE G331.417-00.354
Hydrogen glowing round newborn massive stars — these trace the spiral arms.
Measured
- Distance
- about 13,372 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 13,400 light-years. To cross it:
- Light13,400 years
- Voyager 1's speed238 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h144 billion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- distance estimated from how fast its gas moves (a kinematic distance, uncertain by about a thousand light years)
- About 6 light-years across in infrared.
Where this comes from
- H II regions: Anderson et al. 2014, ApJS 212, 1 (the WISE Catalog of Galactic H II Regions), via the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg (DOI 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.