RA 61.3317° · Dec 20.1570° · exoplanet
11 more points to reach Epic.
V1298 Tau b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 352.9 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 10.12, has spectral type K1 and has an equilibrium temperature near 666 K.
It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
At apparent magnitude 10.12, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, V1298 Tau b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
V1298 Tau b scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Puffy low-density world, Multi-planet system and Two suns in its sky — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.