NGTS-3 (original) (raw)

NGTS-3 is a star located in the southern constellation Columba. With an apparent magnitude of 14.67, it requires a powerful telescope to observe. However, NGTS-3 is actually an unresolved spectroscopic binary. The system is located 2,480 light years away based on parallax, but is drifting away with a radial velocity of 8.57 km/s.