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Catalog/Canis Minor/HIP 40012

HIP 40012

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HIP 40012 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 40012: right ascension 8h 10m 18s, declination +9° 10′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40012, HD 67873, Gaia DR3 3146394810855655040. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 40012
Right ascension
8h 10m 18s
Declination
+9° 10′ 05″
Magnitude
6.57
Distance
≈ 540 ly
Data: gaia-dr3