Kepler-45


Kepler-45, formerly known as KOI-254, is a star in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is located at the celestial coordinates: right ascension, declination. With an apparent visual magnitude of 16.88, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.

Planetary system

The "Hot Jupiter" class planet Kepler-45b, discovered in 2011, is unusually massive for the M-class parent star. Its orbit is aligned within 11 degrees of rotational axis of the star.