WASP-37
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- G2V
- Distance
- 1,242 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.000026441975415458785
- Coordinates
- RA 221.9440° · Dec 1.0649°
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 338
- Diameter
- 1380000
- Radius
- 0.977
- Mass
- 0.849
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- catalog code
- SPOCS 3250
- effective temperature
- 5800
- apparent magnitude
- 12.537645
- radial velocity
- 7
- parallax
- 2.6257
- epoch
- J2000.0
- spectral class
- G2
- metallicity
- -0.24
- surface gravity
- 31600
- luminosity
- 1.1266813
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -28.214
- declination component of proper motion
- 18.201
- right ascension
- 221.94400812918
- declination
- 1.06494431714
- stellar rotational velocity
- 0.9
- age estimated by a dating method
- 11
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WASP-37 is a G-type main-sequence star about 1,240 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo.
== Star characteristics == WASP-37 has a low metallicity of just 40% of solar, and is likely older than the Sun. WASP-37 does not have noticeable flare activity.
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