RA 296.3562° · Dec 41.0927° · exoplanet
32 more points to reach Mythic.
KOI-55 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 4,015 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 15.15, has spectral type B and has an equilibrium temperature near 7,778 K.
So hot that iron vaporises on the dayside, blows around to the night side and rains back down as molten metal.
At apparent magnitude 15.15, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, KOI-55 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.
KOI-55 b scores 88 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 32 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 9 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Ultra-hot Jupiter, Ultra-short period, Multi-planet system, Blasted by starlight, Found by Kepler 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.