G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-1491
5728 K
temperature
0.99 R☉
radius
1.00 M☉
mass
2.263 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 6,737 ly away
At light speed, about 6,737 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
0.99×
the Sun's width
1.00×
the Sun's mass
2.26×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-1491 bRocky world · ESI 0.321.51 R⊕ · 17 days year
- Explore →Kepler-1491 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.432.44 R⊕ · 62 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 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1491's temperature, not a photograph.