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HIP 70859

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HIP 70859 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 70859: right ascension 14h 29m 23s, declination −50° 6′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 70859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 70859, HD 126823, Gaia DR3 5899454657031968128. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 70859
Right ascension
14h 29m 23s
Declination
−50° 06′ 31″
Magnitude
6.57
Distance
≈ 1,097 ly
Data: gaia-dr3