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Eridanus

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A river of stars torn from the globular cluster Eridanus by the Milky Way's tide.

Measured

Distance
about 309,847 light-years

How far, from the Sun

About 310,000 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light310,000 years
  • Voyager 1's speed5.51 billion years
  • Driving at 100 km/h3.34 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 3,200 light-years long, 310,000 light-years away on average.
  • Traced by Myeong2017, Harris1996.

Where this comes from

  • Stellar streams: galstreams (Mateu 2023, MNRAS 520, 5225), Copyright (c) 2017, Cecilia Mateu, BSD 3-Clause licence, and the papers each track comes from.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.