Stellar stream
M2
A river of stars torn from M2 by the Milky Way's tide.
Measured
- Distance
- about 36,325 light-years
How far, from the Sun
About 36,300 light-years. To cross it:
- Light36,300 years
- Voyager 1's speed645 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h392 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 17,000 light-years long, 37,000 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.