Star · K1III
Kepler-815
Kepler-815 is a giant star of spectral type K1III in the constellation Draco, 4,107 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Draco |
|---|---|
| Distance | 4,107 light-years (1,259 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.44 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 2.94 |
| Spectral type | K1III |
| Surface temperature | 5,030 K |
| Luminosity | 7.19 L☉ |
| Radius | 3.42 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.25 M☉ |
| Age | 4.9 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.03 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 00m 53.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +47° 52′ 53″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 50.9 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.44. 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 4,107 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 73 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-815, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.33, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-815 b 8.58-day orbit · 4.11 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.