K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-26
3785 K
temperature
0.52 R☉
radius
0.56 M☉
mass
0.049 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 323 ly away
At light speed, about 323 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
0.52×
the Sun's width
0.56×
the Sun's mass
0.05×
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 14.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-26's temperature, not a photograph.