Its story
Gam Hor has a visual magnitude of about 5.49: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Gam Hor: right ascension 2h 45m 28s, declination −63° 42′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).
Gam Hor. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12871, HD 17504, Gaia DR3 4721208444685753984. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 12871
- Right ascension
- 2h 45m 28s
- Declination
- −63° 42′ 17″
- Magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- ≈ 184 ly
Data: gaia-dr3