K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-236
3750 K
temperature
0.51 R☉
radius
0.60 M☉
mass
0.059 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 942 ly away
At light speed, about 942 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
0.51×
the Sun's width
0.60×
the Sun's mass
0.06×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-236 bRocky world · ESI 0.561.57 R⊕ · 8.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-236 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.692.00 R⊕ · 24 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 16.0To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-236's temperature, not a photograph.