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PDS 70

Also V1032 Centauri

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A young star with two giant planets caught in the act of forming, inside a gap in its disc.

Measured

Distance
367 light-years
Constellation
Centaurus
Position (J2000)
RA 14h 08m 10s, Dec −41.40°

How far, from the Sun

367 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light367 years
  • Voyager 1's speed6.51 million years
  • Driving at 100 km/h3.96 billion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Its planets were the first newborn planets to be directly imaged and confirmed (2018–2019).
  • Its distance comes from a Gaia parallax: the tiny yearly shift in its position as the Earth circles the Sun.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 8.8975 ± 0.0191 mas, Gaia DR3 6110141563309613056 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.