Its story
42Mu Hya has a visual magnitude of about 3.27: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 42Mu Hya: right ascension 10h 26m 5s, declination −16° 50′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).
42Mu Hya. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51069, HD 90432, Gaia DR3 3748360796947806208. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 51069
- Right ascension
- 10h 26m 05s
- Declination
- −16° 50′ 12″
- Magnitude
- 3.27
- Distance
- ≈ 244 ly
Data: gaia-dr3