K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-957
4963 K
temperature
0.75 R☉
radius
0.81 M☉
mass
0.340 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,690 ly away
At light speed, about 2,690 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
0.75×
the Sun's width
0.81×
the Sun's mass
0.34×
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 15.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-957's temperature, not a photograph.