Star · F7 V
KELT-16
KELT-16 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F7 V in the constellation Cygnus, 1,451 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,451 light-years (445.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 11.78 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.54 |
| Spectral type | F7 V |
| Surface temperature | 6,240 K |
| Luminosity | 2.52 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.36 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.21 M☉ |
| Age | 3.1 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.00 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 20h 57m 04.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +31° 39′ 40″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 32.4 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 11.78. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 58° S. North of latitude 58° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 575. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 26 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-16, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.07, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pyxis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KELT-16 b 0.969-day orbit · 15.9 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.