| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Telescopium |
| Right ascension | 18h 28m 49.9s |
| Declination | −49° 04' 15" |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.13 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | 1.171 |
| Distance | 127 ± 4 ly (39 ± 1 pc) |
| Spectral type | K1III-IV |
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Zeta Telescopii (ζ Tel, ζ Telescopii) is the second-brightest star in the constellation Telescopium. An orange K-type giant of spectral type K1III-IV, with an apparent magnitude of +4.13 and surface temperature of 4720 K, it is around 1.53 times as massive as the Sun and shining with around 512 times its luminosity. It is approximately 127 light-years from Earth.