G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-251
5526 K
temperature
0.89 R☉
radius
0.89 M☉
mass
0.673 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,016 ly away
At light speed, about 3,016 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.89×
the Sun's width
0.89×
the Sun's mass
0.67×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-251 bRocky world · ESI 0.271.33 R⊕ · 4.8 days year
- Explore →Kepler-251 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.332.77 R⊕ · 17 days year
- Explore →Kepler-251 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.402.77 R⊕ · 30 days year
- Explore →Kepler-251 eSub-Neptune · ESI 0.572.77 R⊕ · 100 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-251's temperature, not a photograph.