M-type star · red dwarf
K2-28
3214 K
temperature
0.29 R☉
radius
0.26 M☉
mass
0.011 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 205 ly away
At light speed, about 205 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.56×
as hot as the Sun
0.29×
the Sun's width
0.26×
the Sun's mass
0.01×
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 16.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-28's temperature, not a photograph.