RA 40.7425° · Dec 48.9301° · exoplanet
10 more points to reach Rare.
BD+48 740 b is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 2,174.1 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 8.69, has spectral type K3 III and has an equilibrium temperature near 539 K.
Lighter than Neptune — a puffed-up ball of hydrogen and helium with no surface anywhere on it to stand on.
At apparent magnitude 8.69, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, BD+48 740 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.
BD+48 740 b scores 24 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 10 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Distant (over 1,000 light-years), Gas giant and Eccentric orbit — 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.