Kepler-1518 is 2,947 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,846 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-1518 b goes round its star every 5.11 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 6,846 K |
| Mass | 1.54 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.88 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 4.908 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.374 |
| Age | about 1.48 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2946.9 light-years (903.5 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 300.3323°, Dec 44.9861° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-1518 b | 5.11 days | 0.0593 AU | 3.05 R⊕ | 9.53 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2016 |
| Kepler-1518 c | 9.63 days | 0.0905 AU | 2.9 R⊕ | 8.75 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2023 |
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 6,846 K, 4.9 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.98 to 3.42 AU. None of its 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 2,947 years ago, around 900 BC.