Star · F6 V
WTS-1
WTS-1 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F6 V in the constellation Cygnus, 7,652 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 7,652 light-years (2,346 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 16.64 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.79 |
| Spectral type | F6 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,250 K |
| Luminosity | 1.23 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.15 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.2 M☉ |
| Age | 2.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.50 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 35m 56.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +36° 17′ 47″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 102.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.64. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 54° S. North of latitude 54° 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 7,652 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 136 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around WTS-1, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 16.68, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- WTS-1 b 3.35-day orbit · 16.7 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.