Star cluster
FSR 1199
Open star cluster · 437 million years
An open cluster of stars born together from the same gas cloud in the Milky Way’s disc; the Galaxy’s tidal forces will disperse it within a few hundred million years. Position, distance, age and member count come from the MWSC catalogue; the total brightness is roughly estimated from the member count.
| Type | Star cluster |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Canis Major |
| Distance | 1,188 pc (3.9 thousand ly) |
| Age | 437 million years |
| Member stars (MWSC) | 91 |
| Reddening E(B−V) | 0.31 |
| Source | MWSC (Kharchenko et al. 2013) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 7h 06m 18.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −12° 34′ 12″ |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 77° N. South of latitude 77° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 1850 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 69 million years.