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Star · K5V

Kepler-1880

Kepler-1880 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Lyra, 1,993 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance1,993 light-years (611.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 16.09
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 7.16
Spectral typeK5V
Surface temperature4,380 K
Luminosity0.173 L☉
Radius0.53 R☉
Mass0.524 M☉
Age13.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.92
Right ascension (J2000)19h 11m 18.3s
Declination (J2000)+40° 41′ 48″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)31.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.09. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° 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 33. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 35 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-1880, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.76, 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.