G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-1978
5251 K
temperature
0.78 R☉
radius
0.87 M☉
mass
0.504 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,823 ly away
At light speed, about 2,823 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.78×
the Sun's width
0.87×
the Sun's mass
0.50×
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 15.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1978's temperature, not a photograph.