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Catalog/Ursa Minor/HIP 59879

HIP 59879

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HIP 59879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59879: right ascension 12h 16m 55s, declination +86° 26′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 59879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59879, HD 107113, Gaia DR3 1727087236841921024. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 59879
Right ascension
12h 16m 55s
Declination
+86° 26′ 09″
Magnitude
6.22
Distance
≈ 130 ly
Data: gaia-dr3