NGTS-13 is 2,112 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,819 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).
Fly there in 3DNGTS-13 b goes round its star every 4.12 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 5,819 K |
| Mass | 1.3 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.788 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.29 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.744 |
| Age | about 4.23 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2112.2 light-years (647.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 176.2402°, Dec -38.1397° |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGTS-13 b | 4.12 days | 0.0549 AU | 12.801 R⊕ | 1538.3 M⊕ | Transit, 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 5,819 K, 3.3 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.72 to 3.03 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 2,112 years ago, around 100 BC.