RA 172.3785° · Dec -40.6094° · exoplanet
3 more points to reach Epic.
TOI-6281 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 188.3 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 10.88, has an equilibrium temperature near 2,240 K and spans roughly 1.92 Earth radii.
So hot that iron vaporises on the dayside, blows around to the night side and rains back down as molten metal.
At apparent magnitude 10.88, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, TOI-6281 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.
TOI-6281 b scores 47 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Super-Earth, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Blasted by starlight and Found by TESS — 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.