Its story
HIP 48540 has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48540: right ascension 9h 53m 58s, declination +10° 15′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).
HIP 48540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48540, HD 85720, Gaia DR3 3879383893912781696. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 48540
- Right ascension
- 9h 53m 58s
- Declination
- +10° 15′ 32″
- Magnitude
- 6.11
- Distance
- ≈ 1,478 ly
Data: gaia-dr3