K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-247
5100 K
temperature
0.77 R☉
radius
0.89 M☉
mass
0.379 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,165 ly away
At light speed, about 2,165 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
0.77×
the Sun's width
0.89×
the Sun's mass
0.38×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-247 bRocky world · ESI 0.261.64 R⊕ · 3.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-247 cIce / gas giant · ESI 0.274.09 R⊕ · 9.4 days year
- Explore →Kepler-247 dIce / gas giant · ESI 0.353.94 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-247's temperature, not a photograph.