G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-53
5858 K
temperature
0.89 R☉
radius
0.98 M☉
mass
1.085 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,456 ly away
At light speed, about 4,456 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
0.89×
the Sun's width
0.98×
the Sun's mass
1.09×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-53 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.212.12 R⊕ · 9.8 days year
- Explore →Kepler-53 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.232.89 R⊕ · 19 days year
- Explore →Kepler-53 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.303.17 R⊕ · 39 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 15.4To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-53's temperature, not a photograph.