Star · F2V
WASP-61
WASP-61 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2V in the constellation Lepus, 1,580 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Lepus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,580 light-years (484.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 12.53 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.10 |
| Spectral type | F2V |
| Surface temperature | 6,250 K |
| Luminosity | 2.66 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.55 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.82 M☉ |
| Age | 2.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.10 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 5h 01m 11.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | −26° 03′ 15″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 20.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.53. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 446. 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-61, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.26, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hercules. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WASP-61 b 3.86-day orbit · 15.8 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.