Its story
The Ret has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for The Ret: right ascension 4h 17m 40s, declination −63° 15′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).
The Ret. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20020, HD 27657, Gaia DR3 4676067719930656640. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 20020
- Right ascension
- 4h 17m 40s
- Declination
- −63° 15′ 19″
- Magnitude
- 6.06
- Distance
- ≈ 469 ly
Data: gaia-dr3