F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-557
6068 K
temperature
1.16 R☉
radius
1.11 M☉
mass
5.347 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 6,840 ly away
At light speed, about 6,840 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.05×
as hot as the Sun
1.16×
the Sun's width
1.11×
the Sun's mass
5.35×
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-557's temperature, not a photograph.