Star · G6V
WASP-127
WASP-127 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G6V in the constellation Sextans, 524.0 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Sextans |
|---|---|
| Distance | 524.0 light-years (160.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.22 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.19 |
| Spectral type | G6V |
| Surface temperature | 5,620 K |
| Luminosity | 1.89 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.33 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.95 M☉ |
| Age | 11.4 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.19 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 10h 42m 14.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | −3° 50′ 06″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 21.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.22. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 86° N. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1502. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.3 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WASP-127, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.86, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-127 b 4.18-day orbit · 14.7 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.