G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-178
5676 K
temperature
1.07 R☉
radius
0.85 M☉
mass
0.620 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,335 ly away
At light speed, about 2,335 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.98×
as hot as the Sun
1.07×
the Sun's width
0.85×
the Sun's mass
0.62×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-178 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.252.90 R⊕ · 9.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-178 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.322.88 R⊕ · 21 days year
- Explore →Kepler-178 dIce / gas giant · ESI 0.463.95 R⊕ · 97 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 14.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-178's temperature, not a photograph.