K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-258
4942 K
temperature
0.92 R☉
radius
0.82 M☉
mass
0.266 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,879 ly away
At light speed, about 1,879 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
0.92×
the Sun's width
0.82×
the Sun's mass
0.27×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-258 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.294.06 R⊕ · 13 days year
- Explore →Kepler-258 cIce / gas giant · ESI 0.413.61 R⊕ · 34 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 15.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-258's temperature, not a photograph.