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Catalog/Musca/HIP 63242

HIP 63242

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HIP 63242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 63242: right ascension 12h 57m 32s, declination −65° 38′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 63242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 63242, HD 112410, Gaia DR3 5858576597131420288. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 63242
Right ascension
12h 57m 32s
Declination
−65° 38′ 47″
Magnitude
6.58
Distance
≈ 510 ly
Data: gaia-dr3