SMC

Measured

Distance

about 204,859 light-years

How far, from the Sun

About 205,000 light-years. To cross it:

• Light205,000 years
• Voyager 1's speed3.64 billion years
• Driving at 100 km/h2.21 trillion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

• About 200,000 light-years away.
• Shines like about 445 million Suns.

Where this comes from

• Milky Way satellites: the Local Volume Database (Pace 2025, OJAp 8, 142; github.com/apace7/local_volume_database), CC0, and the papers it cites.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.