M-type star · red dwarf
K2-72
3360 K
temperature
0.33 R☉
radius
0.27 M☉
mass
0.015 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 217 ly away
At light speed, about 217 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.58×
as hot as the Sun
0.33×
the Sun's width
0.27×
the Sun's mass
0.01×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-72 bRocky world · ESI 0.611.08 R⊕ · 5.6 days year
- Explore →K2-72 dRocky world · ESI 0.681.01 R⊕ · 7.8 days year
- Explore →K2-72 cRocky world · ESI 0.791.16 R⊕ · 15 days year
- Explore →K2-72 eRocky world · ESI 0.881.29 R⊕ · 24 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 15.4To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-72's temperature, not a photograph.