G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-226
5571 K
temperature
0.80 R☉
radius
0.90 M☉
mass
0.576 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,197 ly away
At light speed, about 3,197 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
0.80×
the Sun's width
0.90×
the Sun's mass
0.58×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-226 bRocky world · ESI 0.161.55 R⊕ · 3.9 days year
- Explore →Kepler-226 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.192.27 R⊕ · 5.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-226 dRocky world · ESI 0.351.22 R⊕ · 8.1 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 15.6To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-226's temperature, not a photograph.