NGTS-1

Planetary system · 711.4 light-years away

NGTS-1 is 711 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M0.5 star; the first was found in 2017 by transit (Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)).

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Worth knowing

NGTS-1 b goes round its star every 2.65 days, 33 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0.5
Surface temperature3,916 K
Mass0.617 solar masses
Radius0.573 solar radii
Luminosity0.07027 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.667
Distance from the Sun711.4 light-years (218.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 82.7142°, Dec -36.6310°
ConstellationColumba

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
NGTS-1 b2.65 days0.0326 AU14.908 R⊕258.08 M⊕Transit, 2017

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.

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