Its story
Gam Hyi has a visual magnitude of about 2.47: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Gam Hyi: right ascension 3h 47m 15s, declination −74° 14′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Mensa constellation (IAU figure Men).
Gam Hyi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17678, HD 24512, Gaia DR3 4629125170492116224. In the SkyKeepsake Mensa (Men) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 17678
- Right ascension
- 3h 47m 15s
- Declination
- −74° 14′ 18″
- Magnitude
- 2.47
- Distance
- ≈ 216 ly
Data: gaia-dr3