Star · F2
KELT-3
KELT-3 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F2 in the constellation Leo Minor, 681.5 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
|---|---|
| Distance | 681.5 light-years (208.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 9.87 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.27 |
| Spectral type | F2 |
| Surface temperature | 6,300 K |
| Luminosity | 4.22 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.7 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.96 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.05 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 9h 54m 34.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +40° 23′ 17″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 46.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 9.87. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 50° S. North of latitude 50° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in February, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1345. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 12 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-3, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.43, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Grus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KELT-3 b 2.7-day orbit · 17.5 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.