F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-40
6510 K
temperature
2.13 R☉
radius
1.48 M☉
mass
6.590 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 7,518 ly away
At light speed, about 7,518 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.13×
as hot as the Sun
2.13×
the Sun's width
1.48×
the Sun's mass
6.59×
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 14.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-40's temperature, not a photograph.