K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-242
5020 K
temperature
0.85 R☉
radius
0.75 M☉
mass
0.244 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,958 ly away
At light speed, about 1,958 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
0.85×
the Sun's width
0.75×
the Sun's mass
0.24×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-242 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.302.61 R⊕ · 8.2 days year
- Explore →Kepler-242 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.402.00 R⊕ · 14 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 15.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-242's temperature, not a photograph.