Star · K0V
Kepler-1170
Kepler-1170 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K0V in the constellation Cygnus, 3,426 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,426 light-years (1,050 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 16.20 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.09 |
| Spectral type | K0V |
| Surface temperature | 5,070 K |
| Luminosity | 0.459 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.76 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.8 M☉ |
| Age | 4.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.09 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 28m 40.4s |
| Declination (J2000) | +43° 46′ 47″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 81.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.20. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 46° S. North of latitude 46° 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 1401 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 61 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-1170, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-1170 b 9.99-day orbit · 2.41 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.