G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-87
5600 K
temperature
1.82 R☉
radius
1.10 M☉
mass
2.119 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,021 ly away
At light speed, about 4,021 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.97×
as hot as the Sun
1.82×
the Sun's width
1.10×
the Sun's mass
2.12×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-87 bGas giant · ESI 0.2613.49 R⊕ · 115 days year
- Explore →Kepler-87 cIce / gas giant · ESI 0.276.14 R⊕ · 191 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 14.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-87's temperature, not a photograph.