G 264-012 is 52.2 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M4.0 V star; the first was found in 2021 by radial velocity (Calar Alto Observatory).
Fly there in 3DG 264-012 b goes round its star every 2.31 days, 38 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M4.0 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,326 K |
| Mass | 0.297 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.305 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.01066 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.078 |
| Distance from the Sun | 52.2 light-years (16.0 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 326.6720°, Dec 66.8038° |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G 264-012 b | 2.31 days | 0.0228 AU | 1.39 R⊕ estimated | 2.5 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2021 |
| G 264-012 c | 8.05 days | 0.0525 AU | 1.76 R⊕ estimated | 3.75 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2021 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 3,326 K, 0.011 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.11 to 0.21 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 52 years ago, within living memory.