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Catalog/Chamaeleon/HIP 56996

HIP 56996

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HIP 56996 has a visual magnitude of about 6.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56996: right ascension 11h 41m 1s, declination −83° 5′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 56996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56996, HD 101782, Gaia DR3 5197223754615190912. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 56996
Right ascension
11h 41m 01s
Declination
−83° 05′ 60″
Magnitude
6.00
Distance
≈ 356 ly
Data: gaia-dr3