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Star · F7V

WASP-194

WASP-194 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F7V in the constellation Cygnus, 1,555 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance1,555 light-years (476.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.99
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.60
Spectral typeF7V
Surface temperature6,410 K
Luminosity3.03 L☉
Radius1.41 R☉
Mass1.29 M☉
Age0.8 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00
Right ascension (J2000)19h 41m 33.0s
Declination (J2000)+56° 13′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)35.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.99. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 34° S. North of latitude 34° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 471. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 28 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WASP-194, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.22, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.