Star · K2V
Kepler-531
Kepler-531 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K2V in the constellation Draco, 824.4 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 824.4 light-years (252.8 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.57 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 6.56 |
| Spectral type | K2V |
| Surface temperature | 4,890 K |
| Luminosity | 0.28 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.75 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.78 M☉ |
| Age | 7.8 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 06m 05.9s |
| Declination (J2000) | +48° 41′ 01″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 39.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.57. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 41° S. North of latitude 41° 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 1202. 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-531, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.84, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-531 b 29.9-day orbit · 2.78 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.