G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-717
5485 K
temperature
0.85 R☉
radius
0.88 M☉
mass
4.022 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 9,150 ly away
At light speed, about 9,150 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.95×
as hot as the Sun
0.85×
the Sun's width
0.88×
the Sun's mass
4.02×
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 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-717's temperature, not a photograph.