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Epic exoplanet 57 EP

HD 169830 c

RA 276.9562° · Dec -29.8168° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges
57 pts · Epic
Epic 78 pts → Anomaly
  • In the habitable zone +30
  • Its star is visible to the naked eye +12
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
  • Gas giant +4
Total score 57

21 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • In the habitable zone · +30
  • Gas giant · +4
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Its star is visible to the naked eye · +12

Trivia

What makes it special

  • Goldilocks zone. Sits where it's neither too hot nor too cold — liquid water could exist on a surface here.

What it actually is

  • What it is made of. Denser than Earth — a solid world of rock and iron, with no meaningful atmosphere to speak of by mass.
  • What the zone means. The habitable zone is only about temperature: it is the band where liquid water could survive on a surface. It is a promising address, not evidence of anything living.
  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 5.9 you can see it with your own eyes from a dark site.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around June — that's when to go looking.

Properties

density gcc
6.7
diameter km
160728.12
discovery facility
La Silla Observatory
discovery method
Radial Velocity
discovery year
2003
dist ly
122.6503
eccentricity
0.246
eq temp k
241.03
habitable zone
yes
host star teff
6300
inclination
24.469
insolation
0.4856
mag
5.9
mass earth
2437.4261
name
HD 169830 c
orbital period days
1818.8234
radius earth
12.6
semi major au
3.075
spect
F7 V
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
1

About HD 169830 c

HD 169830 c is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 122.7 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 5.9, has spectral type F7 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 241 K.

Sits where it's neither too hot nor too cold — liquid water could exist on a surface here.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 5.9, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.

Like any astronomical target, HD 169830 c 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.

Why HD 169830 c is an epic exoplanet

HD 169830 c scores 57 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 21 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, In the habitable zone, Gas giant, Multi-planet system and Its star is visible to the naked eye — 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.