F-type star · yellow-white star
CoRoT-21
6200 K
temperature
1.95 R☉
radius
1.29 M☉
mass
5.070 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,562 ly away
At light speed, about 4,562 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.07×
as hot as the Sun
1.95×
the Sun's width
1.29×
the Sun's mass
5.07×
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 16.1To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from CoRoT-21's temperature, not a photograph.