G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-172
5526 K
temperature
1.08 R☉
radius
1.08 M☉
mass
0.929 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,703 ly away
At light speed, about 2,702 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
1.08×
the Sun's width
1.08×
the Sun's mass
0.93×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-172 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.172.35 R⊕ · 2.9 days year
- Explore →Kepler-172 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.212.86 R⊕ · 6.4 days year
- Explore →Kepler-172 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.322.25 R⊕ · 15 days year
- Explore →Kepler-172 eSub-Neptune · ESI 0.392.76 R⊕ · 35 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 14.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-172's temperature, not a photograph.