RA 201.3001° · Dec -64.9392° · exoplanet
41 more points to reach Mythic.
TYC 8998-760-1 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 308.6 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.12, has spectral type K3 IV and has an equilibrium temperature near 2,638 K.
So hot that iron vaporises on the dayside, blows around to the night side and rains back down as molten metal.
At apparent magnitude 11.12, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, TYC 8998-760-1 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.
TYC 8998-760-1 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, Gas giant, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Multi-planet system, Directly imaged, Orbits beyond Neptune's distance and Disputed — it may not be there at all — 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.