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Star · G3V

Kepler-381

Kepler-381 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3V in the constellation Lyra, 873.1 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 3 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance873.1 light-years (267.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 10.54
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.40
Spectral typeG3V
Surface temperature6,200 K
Luminosity3.27 L☉
Radius2.19 R☉
Mass1.2 M☉
Age2.6 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.32
Right ascension (J2000)19h 00m 43.9s
Declination (J2000)+43° 49′ 52″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.5 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 10.54. 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 1153. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 15 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-381, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.97, 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.