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Catalog/Canes Venatici/HIP 62972

HIP 62972

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HIP 62972 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62972: right ascension 12h 54m 13s, declination +33° 32′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 62972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62972, HD 112171, Gaia DR3 1515555871265897344. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 62972
Right ascension
12h 54m 13s
Declination
+33° 32′ 05″
Magnitude
6.21
Distance
≈ 239 ly
Data: gaia-dr3