K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-229
5120 K
temperature
0.73 R☉
radius
0.81 M☉
mass
0.290 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,695 ly away
At light speed, about 2,695 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
0.73×
the Sun's width
0.81×
the Sun's mass
0.29×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-229 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.282.20 R⊕ · 6.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-229 cIce / gas giant · ESI 0.284.92 R⊕ · 16 days year
- Explore →Kepler-229 dIce / gas giant · ESI 0.423.85 R⊕ · 41 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 16.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-229's temperature, not a photograph.