KELT-6 is 785 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this F8 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (KELT).
Fly there in 3DKELT-6 b goes round its star every 7.85 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | F8 |
| Surface temperature | 6,102 K |
| Mass | 1.42 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.73 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.112 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 10.371 |
| Age | about 6.1 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 785.1 light-years (240.7 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 195.9818°, Dec 30.6401° |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELT-6 b | 7.85 days | 0.0794 AU | 14.572 R⊕ | 165.27 M⊕ | Transit, 2014 |
| KELT-6 c | 3.5 years | 2.390 AU | 13 R⊕ estimated | 1179.1 M⊕ minimum | Radial Velocity, 2015 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 6,102 K, 3.1 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.64 to 2.88 AU. 1 of its 2 known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 785 years ago, around 1240.