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HIP 8642

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HIP 8642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8642: right ascension 1h 51m 27s, declination −45° 28′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 8642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8642, HD 11437, Gaia DR3 4954815014450807168. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 8642
Right ascension
1h 51m 27s
Declination
−45° 28′ 16″
Magnitude
6.66
Distance
≈ 1,040 ly
Data: gaia-dr3