Star · K3V
K2-118
K2-118 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K3V in the constellation Cancer, 1,049 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cancer |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,049 light-years (321.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.00 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.46 |
| Spectral type | K3V |
| Surface temperature | 4,730 K |
| Luminosity | 0.275 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.735 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.756 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.13 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 8h 48m 30.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +15° 39′ 21″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 32.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.00. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 74° S. North of latitude 74° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in January, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 977. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 19 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around K2-118, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.37, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Capricornus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- K2-118 b 50.9-day orbit · 2.54 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.