F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-279
6689 K
temperature
1.43 R☉
radius
1.16 M☉
mass
3.302 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 3,384 ly away
At light speed, about 3,384 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.16×
as hot as the Sun
1.43×
the Sun's width
1.16×
the Sun's mass
3.30×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-279 bIce / gas giant · ESI 0.073.62 R⊕ · 12 days year
- Explore →Kepler-279 cIce / gas giant · ESI 0.164.30 R⊕ · 36 days year
- Explore →Kepler-279 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.223.10 R⊕ · 54 days year
- Explore →Kepler-279 eIce / gas giant · ESI 0.384.13 R⊕ · 98 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?
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 13.6To see it 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Illustration generated from Kepler-279's temperature, not a photograph.