Star · F8
Kepler-408
Kepler-408 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8 in the constellation Draco, 290.8 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 290.8 light-years (89.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 8.89 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.14 |
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,100 K |
| Luminosity | 1.92 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.23 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.08 M☉ |
| Age | 6.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.20 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 18h 59m 08.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +48° 25′ 24″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 54.9 km/s |
In the sky
Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 8.89); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 1735. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-408, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-408 b 2.47-day orbit · 0.82 R⊕
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 92467 11.3 light-years
- HIP 92689 12.6 light-years
- HIP 93320 17.0 light-years
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.