G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Kepler-1961

3,400 ly1 known planetbrightness mag 15.8
5401 K
temperature
0.78 R☉
radius
0.87 M☉
mass
0.530 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,400 ly away

At light speed, about 3,400 years to reach this system.

See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →
Size vs the Sun
SunKepler-1961 is 1.3× narrower than the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
0.78×
the Sun's width
0.87×
the Sun's mass
0.53×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
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-1961's temperature, not a photograph.