Kepler-79 is 3,329 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,389 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-79 b goes round its star every 13.5 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 6,389 K |
| Mass | 1.244 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.316 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.198 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.036 |
| Age | about 1.32 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 3329.1 light-years (1020.7 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 300.5171°, Dec 44.3816° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-79 b | 13.5 days | 0.119 AU | 3.51 R⊕ | 7.6 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
| Kepler-79 c | 27.4 days | 0.191 AU | 3.76 R⊕ | 4.6 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
| Kepler-79 d | 52.1 days | 0.294 AU | 7.15 R⊕ | 5.3 M⊕ | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-79 e | 81.1 days | 0.394 AU | 3.53 R⊕ | 3.8 M⊕ | Transit, 2014 |
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 6,389 K, 2.2 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.36 to 2.36 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 3,329 years ago, around 1300 BC.