Star · F9V
KIC 10068024
KIC 10068024 is a main-sequence star of spectral type F9V in the constellation Cygnus, 2,352 light-years from the Sun. It is orbited by 1 confirmed exoplanet(s).
| Constellation | Cygnus |
|---|---|
| Distance | 2,352 light-years (721.1 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 13.14 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude 3.85 |
| Spectral type | F9V |
| Surface temperature | 6,120 K |
| Luminosity | 3.13 L☉ |
| Radius | 1.57 R☉ |
| Mass | 1.22 M☉ |
| Age | 0.6 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.01 |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 19h 15m 23.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | +47° 01′ 22″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 113.1 km/s |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 13.14. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 43° S. North of latitude 43° 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 327 BC. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 42 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around KIC 10068024, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 14.12, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Puppis. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Planets
- KIC 10068024 b 2.07-day orbit · 13.4 R⊕
Stellar parameters from the NASA Exoplanet Archive; position and brightness from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue.