Star · F8V
Kepler-873
Kepler-873 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8V in the constellation Cygnus, 3,856 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 3,856 light-years (1,182 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 15.05 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 4.69 |
| Spectral type | F8V |
| Surface temperature | 6,160 K |
| Luminosity | 1.36 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.27 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.18 M☉ |
| Age | 3.0 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.07 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 45m 36.8s |
| Declination (J2000) | +51° 16′ 17″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 78.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 15.05. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 39° S. North of latitude 39° 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 1831 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 68 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Kepler-873, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 15.19, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Carina. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- Kepler-873 b 20.6-day orbit · 3.75 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.