Star · K0
WASP-162
WASP-162 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0 in the constellation Crater, 1,014 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Crater |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,014 light-years (310.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.21 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.75 |
| Spectral type | K0 |
| Surface temperature | 5,300 K |
| Luminosity | 1.13 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.11 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.95 M☉ |
| Age | 13.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.28 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 11h 13m 10.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −17° 39′ 28″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 14.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.21. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 72° N. South of latitude 72° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1012. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 18 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WASP-162, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.29, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pegasus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-162 b 9.62-day orbit · 11.2 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.