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Star · F9V

Kepler-1397

Kepler-1397 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F9V in the constellation Cygnus, 3,908 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance3,908 light-years (1,198 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.32
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.93
Spectral typeF9V
Surface temperature6,030 K
Luminosity3.9 L☉
Radius1.12 R☉
Mass1.09 M☉
Age3.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00
Right ascension (J2000)19h 58m 42.2s
Declination (J2000)+47° 04′ 33″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)21.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.32. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 43° S. North of latitude 43° 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 1883 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 69 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1397, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.22, 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.