Its story
HIP 42381 has a visual magnitude of about 6.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42381: right ascension 8h 38m 28s, declination −62° 50′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).
HIP 42381. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42381, HD 74088, Gaia DR3 5300811257630147200. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42381
- Right ascension
- 8h 38m 28s
- Declination
- −62° 50′ 36″
- Magnitude
- 6.06
- Distance
- ≈ 1,171 ly
Data: gaia-dr3