Its story
HIP 59457 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59457: right ascension 12h 11m 44s, declination −64° 56′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).
HIP 59457. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59457, HD 105939, Gaia DR3 6053071687216787840. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 59457
- Right ascension
- 12h 11m 44s
- Declination
- −64° 56′ 56″
- Magnitude
- 6.74
- Distance
- ≈ 629 ly
Data: gaia-dr3