Wolf 1069 is 31.3 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M5.0 V star; the first was found in 2023 by radial velocity (Calar Alto Observatory).
Fly there in 3DWolf 1069 b goes round its star every 15.6 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | M5.0 V |
| Surface temperature | 3,158 K |
| Mass | 0.167 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.1813 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.002944 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.993 |
| Distance from the Sun | 31.3 light-years (9.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 306.5242°, Dec 58.5753° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf 1069 b | 15.6 days | 0.0672 AU | 1.08 R⊕ estimated | 1.26 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2023 |
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 3,158 K, 0.0029 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.056 to 0.11 AU. Its one known planet 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 31 years ago, within living memory.