Star · G8V
Kepler-496
Kepler-496 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G8V in the constellation Lyra, 1,974 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Lyra |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,974 light-years (605.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.11 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.20 |
| Spectral type | G8V |
| Surface temperature | 5,290 K |
| Luminosity | 0.384 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.82 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.86 M☉ |
| Age | 4.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 26m 33.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +41° 14′ 28″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 47.7 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.11. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 49° S. North of latitude 49° 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 52. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 35 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-496, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.74, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-496 b 8.31-day orbit · 2.32 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.