G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-243
5228 K
temperature
0.84 R☉
radius
0.90 M☉
mass
0.423 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,263 ly away
At light speed, about 2,263 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.84×
the Sun's width
0.90×
the Sun's mass
0.42×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-243 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.262.45 R⊕ · 5.7 days year
- Explore →Kepler-243 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.441.99 R⊕ · 20 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 15.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-243's temperature, not a photograph.