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Catalog/Chamaeleon/HIP 55257

HIP 55257

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HIP 55257 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 55257: right ascension 11h 19m 4s, declination −75° 49′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 55257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55257, HD 98627, Gaia DR3 5225449940386956800. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 55257
Right ascension
11h 19m 04s
Declination
−75° 49′ 30″
Magnitude
6.60
Distance
≈ 1,481 ly
Data: gaia-dr3