Its story
HIP 42876 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42876: right ascension 8h 44m 15s, declination +42° 6′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 42876. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42876, HD 74214, Gaia DR3 913350122918432000. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42876
- Right ascension
- 8h 44m 15s
- Declination
- +42° 06′ 03″
- Magnitude
- 6.56
- Distance
- ≈ 1,289 ly
Data: gaia-dr3