Star · G9V
Kepler-165
Kepler-165 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G9V in the constellation Draco, 1,829 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,829 light-years (560.9 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.05 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.31 |
| Spectral type | G9V |
| Surface temperature | 5,210 K |
| Luminosity | 0.337 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.77 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.746 M☉ |
| Age | 10.5 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.25 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 18h 42m 45.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +47° 48′ 35″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 58.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.05. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 197. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 32 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-165, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.57, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-165 b 8.18-day orbit · 2.32 R⊕
- Kepler-165 c 15.3-day orbit · 2.23 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.