HAT-P-56 is 1,046 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (HATNet).
Fly there in 3DHAT-P-56 b goes round its star every 2.79 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,566 K |
| Mass | 1.42 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.47 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.571 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.92 |
| Age | about 2.01 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1045.8 light-years (320.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 100.8480°, Dec 27.2522° |
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAT-P-56 b | 2.79 days | 0.0423 AU | 16.926 R⊕ | 734.19 M⊕ | Transit, 2015 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 6,566 K, 3.6 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.71 to 2.97 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 1,046 years ago, around AD 980.