Star · G7V
Kepler-746
Kepler-746 is a main-sequence star of spectral type G7V in the constellation Lyra, 1,468 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Lyra |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,468 light-years (450.0 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.79 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 5.52 |
| Spectral type | G7V |
| Surface temperature | 5,420 K |
| Luminosity | 0.673 L☉ |
| Radius | 0.93 R☉ |
| Mass | 0.91 M☉ |
| Age | 8.7 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.09 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 22m 43.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +37° 21′ 19″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 18.0 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.79. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 53° S. North of latitude 53° 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 558. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 26 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-746, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 13.10, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-746 b 3.48-day orbit · 1.11 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.