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Star · K9V

Kepler-1651

Kepler-1651 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K9V in the constellation Draco, 216.2 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationDraco
Distance216.2 light-years (66.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.90
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 9.79
Spectral typeK9V
Surface temperature3,710 K
Luminosity0.0429 L☉
Radius0.503 R☉
Mass0.522 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.16
Right ascension (J2000)18h 54m 30.8s
Declination (J2000)+48° 23′ 27″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.90. 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 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 1810. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.8 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1651, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.94, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Planets

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 94922 16.0 light-years
  • Kepler-37 16.2 light-years
  • HIP 92269 17.5 light-years
  • HIP 92714 17.8 light-years
  • HIP 91318 18.2 light-years

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