G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-1596
5706 K
temperature
0.92 R☉
radius
0.95 M☉
mass
2.695 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 7,000 ly away
At light speed, about 7,000 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
0.92×
the Sun's width
0.95×
the Sun's mass
2.70×
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 15.6To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1596's temperature, not a photograph.