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Star · F1V

WASP-195

WASP-195 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F1V in the constellation Hercules, 1,609 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationHercules
Distance1,609 light-years (493.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 11.99
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.52
Spectral typeF1V
Surface temperature6,300 K
Luminosity3.48 L☉
Radius1.58 R☉
Mass1.3 M☉
Age0.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00
Right ascension (J2000)16h 30m 11.9s
Declination (J2000)+49° 53′ 45″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)39.3 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 40° S. North of latitude 40° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in May, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 417. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 29 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around WASP-195, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.30, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Dorado. 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.