Star · F8
KELT-6
KELT-6 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Coma Berenices, 794.3 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
|---|---|
| Distance | 794.3 light-years (243.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 10.42 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.49 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,270 K |
| Luminosity | 3.11 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.53 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.13 M☉ |
| Age | 4.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.27 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 13h 03m 55.6s |
| Declination (J2000) | +30° 38′ 24″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 19.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.42. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 59° S. North of latitude 59° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in April, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1232. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 14 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KELT-6, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.76, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sculptor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.