Kepler-56
Sign in to saveKepler-56 is a red giant in the constellation Cygnus. It is located roughly away from the solar system and has slightly more mass than the Sun.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- RG*
- Distance
- 3,033 light-years
- Redshift
- z = -0.0001792432854023085
- Coordinates
- RA 293.7583° · Dec 41.8719°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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Kepler-56 is a red giant in the constellation Cygnus. It is located roughly away from the solar system and has slightly more mass than the Sun.
== Characteristics == Kepler-56 is a red giant star. This means it is no longer fusing hydrogen in its core and is off the main sequence. Its mass is around 1.3 M⊙. Its radius is about 4.2 R⊙, putting the star's density at about 0.025 g/cm3. For reference, the Sun's density is about 1.408 g/cm3. . Its luminosity is about 9.6 L⊙, and its effective temperature is .
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