G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-253
5208 K
temperature
0.79 R☉
radius
0.86 M☉
mass
0.410 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,735 ly away
At light speed, about 2,735 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
0.79×
the Sun's width
0.86×
the Sun's mass
0.41×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-253 bRocky world · ESI 0.271.63 R⊕ · 3.8 days year
- Explore →Kepler-253 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.322.65 R⊕ · 10 days year
- Explore →Kepler-253 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.363.17 R⊕ · 18 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 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-253's temperature, not a photograph.