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Star · G5V

Kepler-682

Kepler-682 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G5V in the constellation Cygnus, 6,456 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).

ConstellationCygnus
Distance6,456 light-years (1,979 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 15.56
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 4.08
Spectral typeG5V
Surface temperature5,560 K
Luminosity3.02 L☉
Radius0.89 R☉
Mass0.92 M☉
Age4.0 billion years
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.05
Right ascension (J2000)19h 16m 26.9s
Declination (J2000)+51° 44′ 14″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)88.8 km/s

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.56. 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 6,456 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 115 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Kepler-682, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 16.31, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. 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.