[2] Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this star is approximately 53.9 light-years (16.5 parsecs) distant from Earth.It used to be known to be part of a much bigger constellation named Telescopium Herschelii before it was unrecognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).The spectrum of this star shows it to be a G-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of G0 V.[3] Thought to be around 4 billion years old, it is similar in size, mass,[6] and composition to the Sun,[3] making this a solar analog.It is radiating energy into space at an effective temperature of 5,989 K,[3] giving it the golden-hued glow of a G-type star.This material has a mean temperature of 60 K, indicating that it is orbiting at a distance of about 29 astronomical units from the host star.