RA 194.0090° · Dec -12.9560° · exoplanet
32 more points to reach Mythic.
VHS J125601.92-125723.9 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 41.4 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 17.73, has spectral type M7.5 and has an equilibrium temperature near 1,194 K.
Denser than Earth — a solid world of rock and iron, with no meaningful atmosphere to speak of by mass.
At apparent magnitude 17.73, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, VHS J125601.92-125723.9 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.
VHS J125601.92-125723.9 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, Gas giant, Hot Jupiter, Long-period world, Eccentric orbit, Circumbinary (orbits both stars), Directly imaged and Orbits a red dwarf — 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.