F-type star · yellow-white star
WASP-99
6150 K
temperature
1.64 R☉
radius
1.21 M☉
mass
3.494 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 517 ly away
At light speed, about 517 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.07×
as hot as the Sun
1.64×
the Sun's width
1.21×
the Sun's mass
3.49×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 9.5To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from WASP-99's temperature, not a photograph.