K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-43
3841 K
temperature
0.54 R☉
radius
0.57 M☉
mass
0.061 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 595 ly away
At light speed, about 595 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
0.54×
the Sun's width
0.57×
the Sun's mass
0.06×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-43 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.184.51 R⊕ · 3.5 days year
- Explore →K2-43 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.202.42 R⊕ · 2.2 days year
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 15.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-43's temperature, not a photograph.