Star · A8Ve
MWC 758
MWC 758 is a main-sequence star of spectral type A8Ve in the constellation Taurus, 508.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Other names | HIP 25793 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 508.4 light-years (155.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.27 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.31 |
| Spectral type | A8Ve |
| Surface temperature | 7,310 K |
| Luminosity | 10.5 L☉ |
| Radius | 2.01 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.5 M☉ |
| Age | 0.0 billion years |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 30m 27.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +25° 19′ 57″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 19.7 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.27); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 65° S. North of latitude 65° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1518. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.0 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around MWC 758, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.79, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.