Star · F8V
Kepler-8
Kepler-8 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8V in the constellation Lyra, 3,333 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Lyra |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,333 light-years (1,022 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.60 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.55 |
| Spectral type | F8V |
| Surface temperature | 6,210 K |
| Luminosity | 4.03 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.49 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.21 M☉ |
| Age | 3.5 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.06 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 18h 45m 09.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +42° 27′ 04″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 21.5 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.60. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 48° S. North of latitude 48° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around 1308 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-8, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.88, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-8 b 3.52-day orbit · 15.9 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.