Star KELT 16

Yellow-White star KELT 16 is located 1451 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F7V, that has 121 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

KELT 16

Yellow-White star

Spectral class: F7V

Location

Right ascension: 20h 57m 4.446s

Declination: 31° 39' 39.668'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 2.247

Sun distance: 1451.417 ly | 445 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 121.1 % M Sun

Size: 136 % R Sun

Temperature: 6236 K | 1.08 T Sun

Age: 2.9 billions years | 0.63 Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 11.7

Absolute magnitude (V): 3.5

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

KELT 16 system structure


	KELT 16
		KELT 16 b	0.02 AU	874.2 M⊕	15.9 R⊕	1 days

More about KELT 16

Star KELT 16 is is approximately 36 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 6236 K (5963 °C), which is about 108 % of Sun's temperature.

       KELT 16 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
TYC 2688-1839-1, 2MASS J20570443+3139397, Gaia DR3 1864885215233116032

External sources

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 1864885215233116032)

Archive from the Gaia mission

TESS database (TOI 1282.01)

Archive from the TESS mission

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