G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-501
5794 K
temperature
1.22 R☉
radius
1.03 M☉
mass
1.646 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,670 ly away
At light speed, about 3,670 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.00×
as hot as the Sun
1.22×
the Sun's width
1.03×
the Sun's mass
1.65×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-501 cRocky world · ESI 0.191.68 R⊕ · 3.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-501 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.154.30 R⊕ · 5.6 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 14.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-501's temperature, not a photograph.