Star · F8V
Kepler-620
Kepler-620 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8V in the constellation Cygnus, 4,420 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 4,420 light-years (1,355 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 14.84 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.18 |
| Spectral type | F8V |
| Surface temperature | 6,160 K |
| Luminosity | 2.19 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.22 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.15 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 24m 38.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +51° 20′ 05″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 78.3 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 14.84. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 4,420 years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 78 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-620, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.49, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-620 b 12.9-day orbit · 3.32 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.