WASP-49 is 635 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G6 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (SuperWASP).
Fly there in 3DWASP-49 b goes round its star every 2.78 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
WASP-49 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only WASP-49 and its planets are drawn.
| Spectral type | G6 V |
| Surface temperature | 5,600 K |
| Mass | 0.92 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.97 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.8843 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.352 |
| Age | about 11.9 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 634.5 light-years (194.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 91.0897°, Dec -16.9654° |
| Constellation | Lepus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WASP-49 b | 2.78 days | 0.0379 AU | 12.442 R⊕ | 117.6 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
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 5,600 K, 0.88 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.90 to 1.60 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 635 years ago, around 1390.