K-type star · orange dwarf
K2-8
4870 K
temperature
0.74 R☉
radius
0.78 M☉
mass
0.280 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,316 ly away
At light speed, about 1,316 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
0.74×
the Sun's width
0.78×
the Sun's mass
0.28×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →K2-8 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.282.41 R⊕ · 5.1 days year
- Explore →K2-8 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.313.58 R⊕ · 10 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 14.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from K2-8's temperature, not a photograph.