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Bet Mic

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Bet Mic has a visual magnitude of about 6.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for Bet Mic: right ascension 20h 51m 59s, declination −33° 10′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Microscopium constellation (IAU figure Mic).

Bet Mic. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 102989, HD 198529, Gaia DR3 6781590259003317248. In the SkyKeepsake Microscopium (Mic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 102989
Right ascension
20h 51m 59s
Declination
−33° 10′ 41″
Magnitude
6.05
Distance
≈ 502 ly
Data: gaia-dr3