Kosjenka
WASP-63
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 290.684 pc (≈ 948.1 light-years)
- Surface temperature
- 5,550 K
- Designation
- WASP-63
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Croatian
- Name origin (IAU)
- Kosjenka is the protagonist of the Croatian fairy tale Regoč.
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 948 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1078 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 11.2 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Kosjenka» comes from Croatian (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.