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Star · G3V

Kepler-1718

Kepler-1718 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Cygnus, 1,225 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance1,225 light-years (375.5 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.82
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.95
Spectral typeG3V
Surface temperature5,730 K
Luminosity0.912 L☉
Radius0.906 R☉
Mass0.846 M☉
Age10.7 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.32
Right ascension (J2000)19h 28m 56.4s
Declination (J2000)+42° 54′ 34″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)14.3 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.82. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 47° S. North of latitude 47° 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 801. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1718, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.70, 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.