G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-255
5431 K
temperature
0.86 R☉
radius
0.90 M☉
mass
0.656 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,433 ly away
At light speed, about 3,433 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
0.86×
the Sun's width
0.90×
the Sun's mass
0.66×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-255 dRocky world · ESI 0.151.32 R⊕ · 1.0 days year
- Explore →Kepler-255 bRocky world · ESI 0.271.55 R⊕ · 5.7 days year
- Explore →Kepler-255 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.262.99 R⊕ · 9.9 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 15.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-255's temperature, not a photograph.