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Catalog/Vela/HIP 44979

HIP 44979

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HIP 44979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44979: right ascension 9h 9m 45s, declination −49° 25′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44979, HD 79025, Gaia DR3 5325901391419407872. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 44979
Right ascension
9h 09m 45s
Declination
−49° 25′ 28″
Magnitude
6.45
Distance
≈ 538 ly
Data: gaia-dr3