K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-16
4742 K
temperature
0.66 R☉
radius
0.68 M☉
mass
0.173 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,093 ly away
At light speed, about 1,093 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
0.66×
the Sun's width
0.68×
the Sun's mass
0.17×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-16 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.372.02 R⊕ · 7.6 days year
- Explore →K2-16 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.452.54 R⊕ · 19 days year
- Explore →EPIC 201754305 dRocky world1.03 R⊕ · 2.7 days 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 14.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-16's temperature, not a photograph.