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Citizen Scientists Discover Hypervelocity L-Subdwarf Star in Solar Neighborhood


With an estimated distance of 140 parsecs (457 light-years), the L-subdwarf star CWISE J124909+362116.0 (J1249+36 for short) has a total speed of at least 600 km/s, exceeding the local Galactic escape velocity.

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