Filetdor
WASP-166
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 114.173 pc (≈ 372.4 light-years)
- Spectral type
- F9 V
- Surface temperature
- 6,050 K
- Designation
- WASP-166
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Catalan
- Name origin (IAU)
- "Filet d'Or" refers to a golden sea serpent, the protagonist in the Mallorcan folktale (rondalla) "Na Filet d'Or".
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 372 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1654 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 9.4 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Filetdor» comes from Catalan (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.