G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-656
5550 K
temperature
0.95 R☉
radius
1.05 M☉
mass
0.503 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,904 ly away
At light speed, about 2,904 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
0.95×
the Sun's width
1.05×
the Sun's mass
0.50×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-656 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.123.12 R⊕ · 1.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-656 cRocky world · ESI 0.271.41 R⊕ · 5.3 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 15.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-656's temperature, not a photograph.