Star · G3V
NGTS-27
NGTS-27 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Centaurus, 3,073 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Centaurus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,073 light-years (942.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.52 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.65 |
| Spectral type | G3V |
| Surface temperature | 5,700 K |
| Luminosity | 3.26 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.77 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.07 M☉ |
| Age | 7.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.00 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 44m 06.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | −32° 31′ 23″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 91.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.52. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 57° N. South of latitude 57° 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 1048 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 55 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around NGTS-27, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Triangulum. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- NGTS-27 b 3.37-day orbit · 15.6 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.