RA 183.7515° · Dec -5.7820° · exoplanet
41 more points to reach Mythic.
K2-157 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 973.2 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 12.94, has spectral type G9 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 2,432 K.
Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.
At apparent magnitude 12.94, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.
Like any astronomical target, K2-157 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.
K2-157 b scores 79 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 41 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Earth-sized, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Ultra-short period, Multi-planet system, Blasted by starlight and Orbits a Sun-like star — 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.