HD 179949 is 89.6 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 V star; the first was found in 2000 by radial velocity (Anglo-Australian Telescope).
Fly there in 3DHD 179949 b goes round its star every 3.09 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,168 K |
| Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.26686 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.002 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 6.25 |
| Age | about 2.56 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 89.6 light-years (27.5 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 288.8890°, Dec -24.1798° |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 179949 b | 3.09 days | 0.0443 AU | 13.9 R⊕ estimated | 291.12 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2000 |
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 6,168 K, 2.0 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.31 to 2.30 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 90 years ago, within living memory.