G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-246
5206 K
temperature
0.83 R☉
radius
0.85 M☉
mass
0.386 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,042 ly away
At light speed, about 2,042 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
0.83×
the Sun's width
0.85×
the Sun's mass
0.39×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-246 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.252.34 R⊕ · 4.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-246 cRocky world · ESI 0.401.50 R⊕ · 11 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 15.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-246's temperature, not a photograph.