Star CoRoT-1

Yellow star CoRoT-1 is located 2509 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class G0V, that has 95 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

CoRoT-1

Yellow star

Spectral class: G0V

Location

Right ascension: 6h 48m 19.169s

Declination: -3° 6' 7.702'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 1.3

Sun distance: 2508.873 ly | 769.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 95 % M Sun

Size: 111 % R Sun

Temperature: 6298 K | 1.09 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 13.6

Absolute magnitude (V): 4.2

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

CoRoT-1 system structure

	CoRoT-1
		CoRoT-1 b	0.03 AU	327.4 M⊕	16.7 R⊕	1.5 days

More about CoRoT-1

Star CoRoT-1 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is is approximately 11 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6298 K (6025 °C), which is about 109 % of Sun's temperature.

       CoRoT-1 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
GSC 04804-02268, 2MASS J06481917-0306077, Gaia DR3 3105507886130792448

External sources

Featureless transmission spectra of 12 giant exoplanets observed by GTC/OSIRIS

Scientific study, Accepted: 30. 05. 2023

The Optical Phase Curves of CoRoT-1 b

Scientific study, Accepted: 25. 05. 2023

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3105507886130792448)

Archive from the Gaia mission

TESS database (TOI 547.01)

Archive from the TESS mission

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