F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-51
6018 K
temperature
0.94 R☉
radius
1.04 M☉
mass
0.722 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,557 ly away
At light speed, about 2,557 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
0.94×
the Sun's width
1.04×
the Sun's mass
0.72×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-51 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.127.10 R⊕ · 45 days year
- Explore →Kepler-51 cGas giant · ESI 0.159.00 R⊕ · 85 days year
- Explore →Kepler-51 dGas giant · ESI 0.199.70 R⊕ · 130 days year
- Explore →Kepler-51 eSub-Neptune2.18 R⊕ · 264 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-51's temperature, not a photograph.