K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-231
3767 K
temperature
0.49 R☉
radius
0.58 M☉
mass
0.092 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,033 ly away
At light speed, about 1,033 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
0.49×
the Sun's width
0.58×
the Sun's mass
0.09×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-231 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.411.73 R⊕ · 10 days year
- Explore →Kepler-231 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.431.93 R⊕ · 19 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 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-231's temperature, not a photograph.