K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-42
4613 K
temperature
0.64 R☉
radius
0.70 M☉
mass
0.198 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,295 ly away
At light speed, about 1,295 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
0.64×
the Sun's width
0.70×
the Sun's mass
0.20×
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 K2-42's temperature, not a photograph.