G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-678
5520 K
temperature
0.91 R☉
radius
0.94 M☉
mass
2.814 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 5,956 ly away
At light speed, about 5,956 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.91×
the Sun's width
0.94×
the Sun's mass
2.81×
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?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 15.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-678's temperature, not a photograph.