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Laevens 1 / Crater

Globular cluster · Galaxy in the constellation Crater

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Laevens 1 / Crater
Picture: Judy Schmidt from USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Laevens 1 / Crater

Laevens 1 / Crater is about 475,797 light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 475,797 years ago.

It is 475,094 light-years from the centre of the Milky Way.

The map lists it as a globular cluster and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

The most distant known Milky Way globular cluster, 476,000 light-years away.

Key numbers

Distance475,797 light-years (145.88 kpc)
Distance from the Galactic centre475,094 light-years
Galactic coordinatesl = 274.81°, b = +47.85°
Absolute magnitude (V)-5.3
Stellar mass2.24 × 10⁴ suns
Half-light radius64 light-years

Data: Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025).

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

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From Wikipedia

Laevens 1 is a faint globular cluster in the constellation Crater that was discovered in 2014. It is also known as Crater, the Crater cluster and PSO J174.0675-10.8774.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Laevens 1, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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