Its story
42 Leo has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 42 Leo: right ascension 10h 21m 50s, declination +14° 58′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).
42 Leo. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50755, HD 89774, Gaia DR3 3887586972210435968. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 50755
- Right ascension
- 10h 21m 50s
- Declination
- +14° 58′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 6.16
- Distance
- ≈ 511 ly
Data: gaia-dr3