G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-288
5918 K
temperature
1.09 R☉
radius
0.84 M☉
mass
1.138 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,895 ly away
At light speed, about 3,895 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
1.09×
the Sun's width
0.84×
the Sun's mass
1.14×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-288 bRocky world · ESI 0.211.67 R⊕ · 6.1 days year
- Explore →Kepler-288 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.262.85 R⊕ · 19 days year
- Explore →Kepler-288 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.382.67 R⊕ · 57 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 15.3To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-288's temperature, not a photograph.