K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-50
4326 K
temperature
0.55 R☉
radius
0.61 M☉
mass
0.134 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 840 ly away
At light speed, about 840 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
0.55×
the Sun's width
0.61×
the Sun's mass
0.13×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-50 bRocky world · ESI 0.451.59 R⊕ · 8.8 days year
- Explore →EPIC 201833600 cRocky world1.00 R⊕ · 4.0 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 K2-50's temperature, not a photograph.