RA 243.1742° · Dec -18.8764° · exoplanet
5 more points to reach Uncommon.
HIP 79431 b is a common exoplanet. It lies about 47.4 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.39, has spectral type M3 V and has an equilibrium temperature near 177 K.
Lighter than Neptune — a puffed-up ball of hydrogen and helium with no surface anywhere on it to stand on.
At apparent magnitude 11.39, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 79431 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.
HIP 79431 b scores 17 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 5 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant and Orbits a red dwarf — 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.