WASP-26
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- G0
- Distance
- 824 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.000032022665864550603
- Coordinates
- RA 4.6029° · Dec -15.2673°
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- catalog code
- TOI-2386
- effective temperature
- 5950
- parallax
- 3.9574
- radial velocity
- 9.60
- apparent magnitude
- 10.993513
- epoch
- J2000.0
- spectral class
- G0IV-V
- metallicity
- 0.15
- surface gravity
- 17400
- luminosity
- 1.93755
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 27.416
- declination component of proper motion
- -24.524
- right ascension
- 4.60292002534
- declination
- -15.26729882744
- age estimated by a dating method
- 6
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WASP-26 is a G-type subgiant star about 824 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus.
== Star characteristics == WASP-26 is an old star close to leaving the main sequence and is part of a wide binary. The binary's projected separation is 3800 astronomical units, its companion star being a K-type star with an effective temperature of 4600K and a visual magnitude of 13.6. WASP-26 produces a large amount of ultraviolet light due to frequent flares, with an average ultraviolet flux close to the F7 class main-sequence star WASP-1.
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