K-type star · orange dwarf
Wendelstein-2
4591 K
temperature
0.66 R☉
radius
0.73 M☉
mass
0.147 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,845 ly away
At light speed, about 1,845 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
0.66×
the Sun's width
0.73×
the Sun's mass
0.15×
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 16.2To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Wendelstein-2's temperature, not a photograph.