K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-252
4208 K
temperature
0.55 R☉
radius
0.61 M☉
mass
0.164 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,238 ly away
At light speed, about 1,238 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
0.55×
the Sun's width
0.61×
the Sun's mass
0.16×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-252 bRocky world · ESI 0.471.23 R⊕ · 6.7 days year
- Explore →Kepler-252 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.472.15 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 15.4To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-252's temperature, not a photograph.