Its story
42 LMi has a visual magnitude of about 5.34: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 42 LMi: right ascension 10h 45m 52s, declination +30° 40′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).
42 LMi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 52638, HD 93152, Gaia DR3 735156362212375424. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 52638
- Right ascension
- 10h 45m 52s
- Declination
- +30° 40′ 56″
- Magnitude
- 5.34
- Distance
- ≈ 412 ly
Data: gaia-dr3