B-type star · blue-white star
KOI-55
27730 K
temperature
0.20 R☉
radius
0.50 M☉
mass
22.9 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,015 ly away
At light speed, about 4,015 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
4.80×
as hot as the Sun
0.20×
the Sun's width
0.50×
the Sun's mass
22.91×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →KOI-55 bRocky world · ESI 0.020.76 R⊕ · 5.8 hours year
- Explore →KOI-55 cRocky world · ESI 0.020.87 R⊕ · 8.2 hours 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 15.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from KOI-55's temperature, not a photograph.