RA 133.1468° · Dec 28.3298° · exoplanet
13 more points to reach Anomaly.
55 Cnc b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 41 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 5.95, has spectral type G8 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 700 K.
It orbits closer to its star than Mercury does to the Sun, completing a lap in less time than Mercury takes.
At apparent magnitude 5.95, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, 55 Cnc 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.
55 Cnc b scores 65 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Richly packed system, Its star is visible to the naked eye, Two suns in its sky and Found before the year 2000 — 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.