NGTS-3 A is 2,427 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).
Fly there in 3DNGTS-3 A b goes round its star every 40.2 hours, 53 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
NGTS-3 A is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only NGTS-3 A and its planets are drawn.
| Spectral type | G6 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,600 K |
| Mass | 1.017 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.93 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.7178 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.669 |
| Distance from the Sun | 2426.5 light-years (744.0 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 94.4448°, Dec -35.7064° |
| Constellation | Columba |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGTS-3 A b | 40.2 hours | 0.0230 AU | 16.589 R⊕ | 756.44 M⊕ | Transit, 2018 |
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 5,600 K, 0.72 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.81 to 1.44 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 2,427 years ago, around 400 BC.