RA 355.1026° · Dec 44.3339° · exoplanet
1 more point to reach Anomaly.
kap And b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 163.1 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 4.14, has spectral type B9 IVn and has an equilibrium temperature near 1,791 K.
Its surface is almost certainly an ocean of molten rock, kept liquid by the star it hugs.
At apparent magnitude 4.14, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, kap And 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.
kap And b scores 77 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Lava world, Directly imaged, Its star is visible to the naked eye, Orbits a hot blue-white star and Orbits beyond Neptune's distance — 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.