Star · K5V
Kepler-1956
Kepler-1956 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K5V in the constellation Cygnus, 1,176 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,176 light-years (360.5 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.99 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 8.21 |
| Spectral type | K5V |
| Surface temperature | 4,390 K |
| Luminosity | 0.0901 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.682 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.671 M☉ |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 38m 29.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +49° 53′ 39″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 37.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.99. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 40° S. North of latitude 40° 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 850. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 21 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-1956, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.61, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-1956 b 5.94-day orbit · 1.09 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.