Star · G6
WASP-56
WASP-56 is a giant star of spectral type G6 in the constellation Coma Berenices, 1,070 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,070 light-years (328.2 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.62 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.04 |
| Spectral type | G6 |
| Surface temperature | 5,600 K |
| Luminosity | 1.27 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.96 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.71 M☉ |
| Age | 6.2 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.12 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 13m 27.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +23° 03′ 20″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 57.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.62. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 67° S. North of latitude 67° N 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 956. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WASP-56, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.41, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Cetus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-56 b 4.62-day orbit · 10.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.