Its story
Alp Oct has a visual magnitude of about 4.96: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Alp Oct: right ascension 21h 4m 43s, declination −77° 1′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).
Alp Oct. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 104043, HD 199532, Gaia DR3 6368303006559319424. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 104043
- Right ascension
- 21h 04m 43s
- Declination
- −77° 01′ 31″
- Magnitude
- 4.96
- Distance
- ≈ 147 ly
Data: gaia-dr3