F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-493
6457 K
temperature
1.54 R☉
radius
1.36 M☉
mass
2.742 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 5,694 ly away
At light speed, about 5,694 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.12×
as hot as the Sun
1.54×
the Sun's width
1.36×
the Sun's mass
2.74×
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 15.3To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-493's temperature, not a photograph.