Nu-2

Nearby star

Its story

Nu-2 Lupi is one of the great jewels of exoplanet hunters: just 48 light-years away, this yellow G-type star analogous to the Sun hosts a confirmed system of several worlds first detected by radial velocity and later refined through transit observations. It belongs to the small handful of nearby planetary systems where the density of the planets has been measured directly, allowing scientists to begin guessing at the composition of their atmospheres: rock, water, gas. A laboratory of a star.

Constellation: Lupus
Apparent magnitude: 5.65
Distance: 48.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 230.453° · Dec -48.318°
Catalogue: HIP 75181 · HD 136352

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