Mpingo
WASP-71
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 10.57 mag
- Distance from Earth
- 362.715 pc (≈ 1,183 light-years)
- Spectral type
- F8
- Surface temperature
- 6,050 K
- Right ascension
- 29.2634°
- Declination
- 0.758855°
- Designation
- WASP-71
- IAU name adopted
- 2019-12-17
- Name language
- NEWC
- Name origin (IAU)
- Mpingo is a famous tree that grows in southern Tanzania and produces ebony wood used for musical instruments and curios.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 1,183 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 843 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 10.6 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination 0.8° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.