Star WASP 193

Yellow-White star WASP 193 is located 1232 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F9V, that has 112 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

WASP 193

Yellow-White star

Spectral class: F9V

Location

Right ascension: 10h 57m 23.796s

Declination: -29° 59' 49.642'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 2.648

Sun distance: 1231.92 ly | 377.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 112 % M Sun

Size: 123 % R Sun

Temperature: 6076 K | 1.05 T Sun

Luminosity: 1.65 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 12.2

Absolute magnitude (V): 4.3

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).

System structure

	WASP 193
		WASP 193 b	0.07 AU	44.8 M⊕	16.4 R⊕	6.3 days

More about WASP 193

Star WASP 193 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is is approximately 23 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6076 K (5803 °C), which is about 105 % of Sun's temperature.

       WASP 193 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
1SWASPJ105723.88-295949.6, TIC 49043968, 2MASS ID 10572385-2959497, Gaia DR3 5453063823882876032

External sources

WASP-193b: An extremely low-density super-Neptune

Scientific study, Accepted: 17. 07. 2023

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 5453063823882876032)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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