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Direct imaging · 2023

MWC 758 c

This world receives 1,000× less starlight than Earth; the light you see left it 520 years ago.

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Size
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A year
—100 AU
Temperature
227 °C500 K

About this world

MWC 758 c is a planet orbiting MWC 758, a white A-type star (type A8VE) 520 light-years from Earth.

Its equilibrium temperature is about 500 K (227 °C): far too hot for liquid water on its surface.

It was discovered in 2023 by direct imaging with Large Binocular Telescope Observatory. The planet itself is photographed, its star blocked by a coronagraph.

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