F-type star · yellow-white star
K2-253
6027 K
temperature
1.10 R☉
radius
1.08 M☉
mass
0.837 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,859 ly away
At light speed, about 2,859 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
1.10×
the Sun's width
1.08×
the Sun's mass
0.84×
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?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 15.0To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-253's temperature, not a photograph.