RA 86.8212° · Dec -51.0661° · exoplanet
39 more points to reach Mythic.
bet Pic b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 64.4 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 3.85, has spectral type A6 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 1,612 K.
Its surface is almost certainly an ocean of molten rock, kept liquid by the star it hugs.
At apparent magnitude 3.85, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, bet Pic 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.
bet Pic b scores 81 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 39 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 8 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Lava world, Long-period world, Multi-planet system, Directly imaged, Its star is visible to the naked eye and Orbits a hot blue-white star — 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.