K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-56
4840 K
temperature
4.23 R☉
radius
1.32 M☉
mass
8.027 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,978 ly away
At light speed, about 2,978 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
4.23×
the Sun's width
1.32×
the Sun's mass
8.03×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-56 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.096.51 R⊕ · 11 days year
- Explore →Kepler-56 cGas giant · ESI 0.139.80 R⊕ · 21 days year
- Explore →Kepler-56 dGas giant · ESI 0.4512.80 R⊕ · 2.7 years 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?
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 12.6To see it 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Illustration generated from Kepler-56's temperature, not a photograph.