Star · F8
Mpingo
Mpingo is a giant star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Cetus, 1,158 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | WASP-71 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Distance | 1,158 light-years (355.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.65 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.90 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,050 K |
| Luminosity | 5.87 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.82 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.76 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.15 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 1h 57m 03.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +0° 45′ 32″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 41.8 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.65. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 89° S. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 868. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 21 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Mpingo, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-71 b 2.9-day orbit · 13.2 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.