K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-1996
4580 K
temperature
0.68 R☉
radius
0.75 M☉
mass
0.220 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,437 ly away
At light speed, about 1,437 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
0.68×
the Sun's width
0.75×
the Sun's mass
0.22×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-1996 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.572.26 R⊕ · 32 days year
- Explore →Kepler-1996 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.692.81 R⊕ · 93 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 15.1To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1996's temperature, not a photograph.