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Star · G5V

Kepler-1357

Kepler-1357 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5V in the constellation Cygnus, 3,313 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance3,313 light-years (1,016 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.29
Spectral typeG5V
Surface temperature5,600 K
Luminosity0.715 L☉
Radius0.9 R☉
Mass0.93 M☉
Age4.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.06
Right ascension (J2000)19h 26m 11.5s
Declination (J2000)+50° 21′ 12″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)57.1 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.32. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 40° S. North of latitude 40° 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 1288 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 59 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1357, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.86, 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.