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Star · G0V

Kepler-1063

Kepler-1063 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G0V in the constellation Lyra, 1,119 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance1,119 light-years (343.2 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.03
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.35
Spectral typeG0V
Surface temperature5,950 K
Luminosity1.47 L☉
Radius1.14 R☉
Mass1.09 M☉
Age3.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.09
Right ascension (J2000)19h 22m 06.4s
Declination (J2000)+38° 08′ 34″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)58.9 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.03. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 52° S. North of latitude 52° 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 the year 907. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 20 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1063, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.51, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

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Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.