Star · K2V
Kepler-1042
Kepler-1042 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Lyra, 2,149 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Lyra |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,149 light-years (659.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 16.00 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.91 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 4,820 K |
| Luminosity | 0.251 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.72 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.75 M☉ |
| Age | 4.8 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.10 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 14m 40.5s |
| Declination (J2000) | +39° 49′ 26″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 16.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.00. 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 July, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 124 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 38 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-1042, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.92, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-1042 b 10.1-day orbit · 2.19 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.