NGTS-24 is 2,228 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 IV star; the first was found in 2022 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).
Fly there in 3DNGTS-24 b goes round its star every 3.47 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G2 IV |
| Surface temperature | 5,820 K |
| Mass | 1.26 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.64 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.792 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.214 |
| Age | about 4.77 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2227.9 light-years (683.1 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 168.5639°, Dec -37.9101° |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGTS-24 b | 3.47 days | 0.0479 AU | 13.608 R⊕ | 165.27 M⊕ | Transit, 2022 |
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 5,820 K, 2.8 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.58 to 2.79 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 2,228 years ago, around 200 BC.