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Catalog/Circinus/HIP 77242

HIP 77242

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HIP 77242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 77242: right ascension 15h 46m 19s, declination −57° 48′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 77242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 77242, HD 140406, Gaia DR3 5882418549056707072. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 77242
Right ascension
15h 46m 19s
Declination
−57° 48′ 45″
Magnitude
6.60
Distance
≈ 2,128 ly
Data: gaia-dr3