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S5-HVS1

Star · Star in the constellation Grus

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About S5-HVS1

S5-HVS1 is about 28,049 light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 28,049 years ago.

It is 27,551 light-years from the centre of the Milky Way.

The map lists it as a star and shows it among the stars around the Sun, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

A star flung out by Sagittarius A* 4.8 million years ago, now leaving the Galaxy at 1,755 km/s.

Key numbers

Distance28,049 light-years (8.60 kpc)
Distance from the Galactic centre27,551 light-years
Galactic coordinatesl = 337.40°, b = -57.40°

Where it is

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

Zoom out to see it in context: Local Arm, a view about 12,000 light-years across.

From Wikipedia

S5-HVS1 is an A-type main-sequence star notable as the fastest one detected as of November 2019, and has been determined to be traveling with a peculiar velocity of 1,755 km/s (3,930,000 mph), almost 0.6% of the speed of light.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article S5-HVS1, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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