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Star · M0III

Kepler-1990

Kepler-1990 is a giant star of spectral type M0III in the constellation Cygnus, 1,296 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 2 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance1,296 light-years (397.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 12.10
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.10
Spectral typeM0III
Surface temperature5,750 K
Luminosity1.31 L☉
Radius1.07 R☉
Mass1.03 M☉
Age2.5 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.21
Right ascension (J2000)19h 58m 49.1s
Declination (J2000)+44° 26′ 09″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)27.7 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.10. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 46° S. North of latitude 46° 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 730. 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-1990, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.83, 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.