Its story
42 Aur has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 42 Aur: right ascension 6h 17m 35s, declination +46° 25′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
42 Aur. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 29884, HD 43244, Gaia DR3 968597489838610432. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 29884
- Right ascension
- 6h 17m 35s
- Declination
- +46° 25′ 26″
- Magnitude
- 6.48
- Distance
- ≈ 249 ly
Data: gaia-dr3