WASP-159 is 2,333 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F9 star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (SuperWASP-South).
Fly there in 3DWASP-159 b goes round its star every 3.84 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F9 |
| Surface temperature | 6,120 K |
| Mass | 1.41 solar masses |
| Radius | 2.11 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 4.764 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 12.836 |
| Age | about 3.4 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2333.3 light-years (715.4 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 68.1365°, Dec -38.9683° |
| Constellation | Caelum |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-159 b | 3.84 days | 0.0538 AU | 15.468 R⊕ | 174.81 M⊕ | Transit, 2018 |
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 6,120 K, 4.8 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 2.03 to 3.55 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 2,333 years ago, around 300 BC.