F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-408
6104 K
temperature
1.23 R☉
radius
1.08 M☉
mass
1.919 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 290 ly away
At light speed, about 290 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.06×
as hot as the Sun
1.23×
the Sun's width
1.08×
the Sun's mass
1.92×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
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?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.8To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from Kepler-408's temperature, not a photograph.