K-type star · orange dwarf
BD+63 1405
5000 K
temperature
0.80 R☉
radius
0.82 M☉
mass
0.386 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 124 ly away
At light speed, about 124 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
0.80×
the Sun's width
0.82×
the Sun's mass
0.39×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 9.0To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from BD+63 1405's temperature, not a photograph.