G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

Kepler-232

4,400 ly2 known planetsbrightness mag 15.6
5847 K
temperature
0.97 R☉
radius
0.97 M☉
mass
1.127 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,400 ly away

At light speed, about 4,400 years to reach this system.

See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →
Size vs the Sun
SunKepler-232 is about the size of the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
0.97×
the Sun's width
0.97×
the Sun's mass
1.13×
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 15.6To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky

Illustration generated from Kepler-232's temperature, not a photograph.