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Star · G3 V

Kepler-412

Kepler-412 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G3 V in the constellation Lyra, 3,543 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance3,543 light-years (1,086 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 14.40
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.22
Spectral typeG3 V
Surface temperature5,750 K
Luminosity1.86 L☉
Radius1.29 R☉
Mass1.17 M☉
Age5.4 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.27
Right ascension (J2000)19h 04m 26.5s
Declination (J2000)+43° 40′ 51″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)37.2 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.40. 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 1518 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 63 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-412, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.01, 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.