F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-1609
6132 K
temperature
1.27 R☉
radius
1.18 M☉
mass
3.047 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 5,956 ly away
At light speed, about 5,956 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.06×
as hot as the Sun
1.27×
the Sun's width
1.18×
the Sun's mass
3.05×
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 15.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1609's temperature, not a photograph.