Stellar HostProfile

MWC 758

Unclassified star • 159.5 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

HIP: HIP 25793TIC: TIC 73816033HD: HD 36112

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: TICv8 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

7314 K

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Mass

1.66 Msun

1.50 to 1.66

2 values • 2 distinct

Radius

2.01 Rsun

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminosity

1.02 log(Lsun)

single adopted value

1 values • 1 distinct

Distance

159.5 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Planets

Stable across source rows

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

MWC 758

2.01 R☉

Discovery

2023

Period

—

Radius

—

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

500 K

MWC 758 and Its Imaged Companion

MWC 758 is a star 520 light-years away with a spectral type of A8Ve, placing it among the hotter, whiter stars than the Sun. Its mass is 1.66 solar masses and its radius is 2.01 solar radii, both larger than the Sun's corresponding values, while its temperature of 7310 K is hotter than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.

That planet, MWC 758 c, was discovered by imaging in 2023. No orbital period is reported for it.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

2 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Radiusstable

1 values • 1 distinct

Agestable

1 values • 1 distinct

Luminositystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Surface Gravitystable

1 values • 1 distinct

Spectral Typestable

1 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
7314	1.66	2.01	—	1.02	—	159.5	TICv8	TICv8
—	1.50	—	3.50e-3	—	A8Ve	159.5	Wagner et al. 2023	TICv8

MWC 758

Adopted host values from one source row

Radius against the Sun

Known planets

MWC 758 c

MWC 758 and Its Imaged Companion

Underlying measurements and references