M-type star · red dwarf
Kepler-42
3068 K
temperature
0.17 R☉
radius
0.13 M☉
mass
0.002 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 131 ly away
At light speed, about 131 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.53×
as hot as the Sun
0.17×
the Sun's width
0.13×
the Sun's mass
0.002×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-42 cRocky world · ESI 0.160.73 R⊕ · 10.9 hours year
- Explore →Kepler-42 bRocky world · ESI 0.250.78 R⊕ · 1.2 days year
- Explore →Kepler-42 dRocky world · ESI 0.380.57 R⊕ · 1.9 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 16.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-42's temperature, not a photograph.