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Star · K7V

Kepler-658

Kepler-658 is a main-sequence star of spectral type K7V in the constellation Lyra, 1,267 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationLyra
Distance1,267 light-years (388.4 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 16.44
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 8.49
Spectral typeK7V
Surface temperature4,100 K
Luminosity0.126 L☉
Radius0.6 R☉
Mass0.63 M☉
Age3.1 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.04
Right ascension (J2000)18h 51m 56.1s
Declination (J2000)+47° 34′ 42″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)94.6 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 16.44. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 42° S. North of latitude 42° 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 759. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-658, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.78, 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.