Star · G1V
WASP-12
WASP-12 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G1V in the constellation Auriga, 1,347 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Auriga |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,347 light-years (413.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.64 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.56 |
| Spectral type | G1V |
| Surface temperature | 6,270 K |
| Luminosity | 3.95 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.69 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.33 M☉ |
| Age | 3.1 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.12 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 6h 30m 32.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +29° 40′ 20″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 24.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.64. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 60° S. North of latitude 60° 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 679. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 24 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WASP-12, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.91, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sagittarius. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-12 b 1.09-day orbit · 22 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.