M-type star · red dwarf
LP 791-18
2960 K
temperature
0.18 R☉
radius
0.14 M☉
mass
0.002 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 86.4 ly away
At light speed, about 86 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.51×
as hot as the Sun
0.18×
the Sun's width
0.14×
the Sun's mass
0.002×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →LP 791-18 bRocky world · ESI 0.491.21 R⊕ · 22.8 hours year
- Explore →LP 791-18 dRocky world · ESI 0.691.03 R⊕ · 2.8 days year
- Explore →LP 791-18 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.652.49 R⊕ · 5.0 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 16.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from LP 791-18's temperature, not a photograph.