Zet

Nearby star

Its story

Zeta Trianguli Australis is a close neighbour, lying only 39.5 light-years from us in a small southern constellation easily recognised by its sharp triangular shape. It is a yellow-white F-type star, slightly hotter and brighter than the Sun, in a region of sky that appears only to observers in the southern hemisphere or in tropical latitudes. Its light, young in cosmic terms, travels from before the birth of anyone alive today.

Constellation: Triangulum Australe
Apparent magnitude: 4.90
Distance: 39.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 247.116° · Dec -70.084°
Catalogue: HIP 80686 · HD 147584

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