Star · G3V
Kepler-281
Kepler-281 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Cygnus, 5,693 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 5,693 light-years (1,745 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.93 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.72 |
| Spectral type | G3V |
| Surface temperature | 5,720 K |
| Luminosity | 1.4 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.899 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.95 M☉ |
| Age | 0.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.02 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 36m 26.0s |
| Declination (J2000) | +44° 46′ 14″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 93.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.93. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 45° S. North of latitude 45° 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 5,693 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 101 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-281, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 16.04, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-281 b 14.6-day orbit · 2.82 R⊕
- Kepler-281 c 36.3-day orbit · 5.31 R⊕
- Kepler-281 d 148-day orbit · 5.94 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.