Stellar stream
Hrid
A river of stars — what is left of a cluster or small galaxy the Milky Way pulled apart.
Measured
- Distance
- about 10,157 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 10,200 light-years. To cross it:
- Light10,200 years
- Voyager 1's speed180 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h110 billion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- About 12,000 light-years long, 11,000 light-years away on average.
- Traced by Ibata2021.
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.