WASP-13
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WASP-13, also named Gloas, is a star in the Lynx constellation. The star is similar, in terms of metallicity and mass, to the Sun, although it is hotter and most likely older. The star was first observed in 1997, according to the SIMBAD database, and was targeted by SuperWASP after the star was observed by one of the SuperWASP telescopes beginning in 2006. Follow-up observations on the star led to the discovery of planet Cruinlagh in 2008; the discovery paper was published in 2009.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- V*
- Spectral type
- G1V
- Distance
- 753 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.00003268981564152895
- Coordinates
- RA 140.1030° · Dec 33.8824°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Observational history
- Naming
- Characteristics
- Planetary system
- References
WASP-13, also named Gloas, is a star in the Lynx constellation. The star is similar, in terms of metallicity and mass, to the Sun, although it is hotter and most likely older. The star was first observed in 1997, according to the SIMBAD database, and was targeted by SuperWASP after the star was observed by one of the SuperWASP telescopes beginning in 2006. Follow-up observations on the star led to the discovery of planet Cruinlagh in 2008; the discovery paper was published in 2009.
==Observational history== 175px|thumb|left|The telescope, housed at the Haute-Provence Observatory, which was used to collect radial velocity measurements According to SIMBAD, WASP-13 was first observed in 1997, when it was catalogued by astronomers measuring the proper motion of stars in regions of the sky where galaxies are detected. Between November 27, 2006, and April 1, 2007, the SuperWASP-North telescope in the Canary Islands observed WASP-13; analysis of the data suggested that a planet could be in the orbit of the star.
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