RA 293.7420° · Dec 44.4483° · exoplanet
40 more points to reach Mythic.
Kepler-78 b is an anomaly exoplanet. It lies about 405.7 light-years from Earth, shines at apparent magnitude 11.72, has spectral type G and has an equilibrium temperature near 2,223 K.
Genuinely comparable to Earth in size. Worlds in this narrow band are the ones every next-generation telescope is being pointed at.
At apparent magnitude 11.72, a small backyard telescope will bring it into view.
Like any astronomical target, Kepler-78 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.
Kepler-78 b scores 80 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the anomaly tier. Another 40 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Earth-sized, Ultra-hot Jupiter, Ultra-short period, Blasted by starlight, Found by Kepler and Two suns in its sky — 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.