Its story
HIP 42239 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42239: right ascension 8h 36m 41s, declination +49° 22′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 42239. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42239, HD 72777, Gaia DR3 1026988978975266944. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42239
- Right ascension
- 8h 36m 41s
- Declination
- +49° 22′ 35″
- Magnitude
- 6.15
- Distance
- ≈ 1,721 ly
Data: gaia-dr3