Kepler-6

The star, which is slightly larger, more metal-rich, slightly cooler, and more massive than the Sun, is orbited by at least one extrasolar planet, a Jupiter-sized planet named Kepler-6b that orbits closely to its star.

Kepler-6 was named for the Kepler Mission, a NASA project launched in 2009 that aims to discover Earth-like planets that transit, or cross in front of, their home stars with respect to Earth.

[4] Unlike stars like the Sun or Sirius, Kepler-6 does not have a common and colloquial name.

The discovery of Kepler-6b was announced by the Kepler team on January 4, 2010[5] at the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society along with planets around Kepler-4, Kepler-5, Kepler-7, and Kepler-8.

In comparison, Pluto's apparent magnitude at its brightest is slightly brighter, at 13.65.