WASP-126 is 706 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (SuperWASP-South).
Fly there in 3DWASP-126 b goes round its star every 3.29 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | G2 |
| Surface temperature | 5,800 K |
| Mass | 1.12 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.27 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.441 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.994 |
| Age | about 6.4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 706.2 light-years (216.5 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 63.3747°, Dec -69.2266° |
| Constellation | Hydrus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-126 b | 3.29 days | 0.0449 AU | 10.514 R⊕ | 90.3 M⊕ | Transit, 2016 |
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 5,800 K, 1.4 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.14 to 2.01 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 706 years ago, around 1320.