F-type star · yellow-white star
HD 43691
6093 K
temperature
1.60 R☉
radius
1.32 M☉
mass
3.162 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 279 ly away
At light speed, about 279 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.06×
as hot as the Sun
1.60×
the Sun's width
1.32×
the Sun's mass
3.16×
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 8.0To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from HD 43691's temperature, not a photograph.