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Star · G8V

Kepler-1726

Kepler-1726 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Lyra, 1,274 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance1,274 light-years (390.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 13.85
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 5.89
Spectral typeG8V
Surface temperature5,320 K
Luminosity0.427 L☉
Radius0.804 R☉
Mass0.876 M☉
Age2.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00
Right ascension (J2000)18h 57m 32.7s
Declination (J2000)+45° 43′ 11″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)5.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.85. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° 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 752. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 23 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1726, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.79, 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.