Star · G5V
NGTS-26
NGTS-26 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5V in the constellation Centaurus, 3,567 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Centaurus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,567 light-years (1,094 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.01 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.82 |
| Spectral type | G5V |
| Surface temperature | 5,550 K |
| Luminosity | 1.26 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.16 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.96 M☉ |
| Age | 11.5 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.20 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 14h 30m 44.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | −31° 43′ 57″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 73.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.01. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 58° N. South of latitude 58° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 1542 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 63 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around NGTS-26, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.02, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Triangulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- NGTS-26 b 4.52-day orbit · 14.9 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.