The discovery of the star, known as S5-HVS1, was made by Sergey Koposov from Carnegie Mellon University as part of the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5). Located in the constellation of Grus--the Crane--S5-HVS1 was found to be moving ten times faster than most stars in the Milky Way.
Runaway star - out of the galactic heart of darkness like a bat out of hell
Phys.org - 12 Nov 2019 17:21
The discovery of the star, known as S5-HVS1, was made by Sergey Koposov from Carnegie Mellon University as part of the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5). Located in the constellation of Grus--the Crane--S5-HVS1 was found to be moving ten times faster than most stars in the Milky Way.
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