G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
CoRoT-26
5590 K
temperature
1.79 R☉
radius
1.09 M☉
mass
2.825 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,409 ly away
At light speed, about 3,409 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
1.79×
the Sun's width
1.09×
the Sun's mass
2.82×
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 15.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from CoRoT-26's temperature, not a photograph.