Star · F8V
Kepler-596
Kepler-596 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8V in the constellation Cygnus, 3,339 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,339 light-years (1,024 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.13 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.08 |
| Spectral type | F8V |
| Surface temperature | 6,270 K |
| Luminosity | 2.06 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.32 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.21 M☉ |
| Age | 2.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 18m 00.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +51° 41′ 09″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 20.6 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.13. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 38° S. North of latitude 38° 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 1314 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 59 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-596, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.88, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-596 b 21.3-day orbit · 3.46 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.