RA 174.2009° · Dec -37.0391° · exoplanet
11 more points to reach Epic.
HIP 56640 b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 399 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 7.94, has spectral type K1 III and has an equilibrium temperature near 239 K.
Sits where it's neither too hot nor too cold — liquid water could exist on a surface here.
At apparent magnitude 7.94, it is an easy target for binoculars.
Like any astronomical target, HIP 56640 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 56640 b scores 39 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 11 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, In the habitable zone and Gas giant — 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.