Star · K1 V
NGTS-14 A
NGTS-14 A is a main-sequence star of spectral type K1 V in the constellation Grus, 1,051 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Grus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,051 light-years (322.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.27 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.73 |
| Spectral type | K1 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,190 K |
| Luminosity | 0.489 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.842 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.898 M☉ |
| Age | 5.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.10 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 21h 54m 04.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | −38° 22′ 39″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 37.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.27. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 52° N. South of latitude 52° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 975. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around NGTS-14 A, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.37, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Leo Minor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- NGTS-14 A b 3.54-day orbit · 4.98 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.