About MWC 758 c
MWC 758 c is a common exoplanet. It lies about 520.3 light-years from Earth, has an equilibrium temperature near 500 K and belongs to a system of 1 known planets.
A scorching 227°C on average.
Common exoplanet 21 EP
MWC 758 c
RA 82.6147° · Dec 25.3324° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 2 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Directly imaged +16
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 21
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Directly imaged · +16
Trivia
Could we get there?
- Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.
Getting there
- Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 9.1 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
- Fastest probe ever. ≈ 812.5 thousand years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
- At 10% light speed. ≈ 5203 years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
- Distance. 520 light-years from Earth.
Look-back time
- Look-back time. The light you'd see left around the year 1506.
Saying hello
- Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 1041 years round-trip.
By the numbers
- Temperature. A scorching 227°C on average.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by Large Binocular Telescope Observatory using the imaging method.
Properties
- discovery facility
- Large Binocular Telescope Observatory
- discovery method
- Imaging
- dist ly
- 520.3395
- eq temp k
- 500
- insolation
- 0.001
- name
- MWC 758 c
- sys num planets
- 1
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, MWC 758 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 MWC 758 c is a common exoplanet
MWC 758 c scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 2 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet and Directly imaged — 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.