Star · F8
WASP-150
WASP-150 is a giant star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Draco, 1,782 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,782 light-years (546.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.12 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.43 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,220 K |
| Luminosity | 3.62 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.65 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.39 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.16 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 17h 37m 03.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +53° 01′ 16″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 57.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.12. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 37° S. North of latitude 37° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 244. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 32 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WASP-150, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pictor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-150 b 5.64-day orbit · 12 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.