Star profile
Delta Triangulum
Nearby starWhat is Delta Triangulum
Delta Trianguli is one of the closest suns shining within this small northern triangle: a yellow G-type star just 35 light-years away, almost a spectral twin of the Sun. To look at it is, in a sense, to glimpse what the Sun itself might look like seen from such a distance by other eyes in the cosmos: a warm, modest light with no giant pretensions. Its nearness has made it a favoured target in catalogues searching for extrasolar planets around stars akin to our own.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta Triangulum lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for Delta Triangulum
- Constellation
- Triangulum
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.84
- Distance
- 35.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 34.263° · Dec 34.224°
- Catalogue
- HIP 10644 · HD 13974
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Other stars in Triangulum
Triangulum has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Triangulum3.00
- MothallahAlpha Triangulum3.42
- Gamma Triangulum4.03
- 6 Triangulum4.94
- 14 Triangulum5.15
- 7 Triangulum5.25
- 10 Triangulum5.29
- 12 Triangulum5.29