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Uncommon exoplanet 25 EP

UZ For c

RA 53.8695° · Dec -25.7394° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 3 badges
25 pts · Uncommon
Uncommon 34 pts → Rare
  • Circumbinary (orbits both stars) +14
  • Multi-planet system +6
  • Confirmed exoplanet +5
Total score 25

9 more points to reach Rare.

Badges

  • Confirmed exoplanet · +5
  • Multi-planet system · +6
  • Circumbinary (orbits both stars) · +14

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 16.8 it is far too faint for the eye: this one belongs to cameras and long exposures.
  • Southern sky. It rides the southern half of the sky — an easier target the further south you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around November — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Getting there

  • Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 13.7 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
  • Fastest probe ever. ≈ 1.2 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.

Properties

circumbinary
yes
discovery facility
Multiple Observatories
discovery method
Eclipse Timing Variations
discovery year
2011
dist ly
781.4824
eccentricity
0.05
host star teff
5286.9
mag
16.7753
mass earth
2447.2
name
UZ For c
orbital period days
1916.25
semi major au
2.8
sys num planets
2
sys num stars
2

About UZ For c

UZ For c is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 781.5 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 16.78, weighs about 2,447.2 Earth masses and completes an orbit every 1,916.25 days.

One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

How to see it

At apparent magnitude 16.78, it takes a larger telescope or a long-exposure image to capture.

Like any astronomical target, UZ For 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 UZ For c is an uncommon exoplanet

UZ For c scores 25 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Multi-planet system and Circumbinary (orbits both stars) — 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.