Its story
HIP 42819 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42819: right ascension 8h 43m 30s, declination −61° 41′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).
HIP 42819. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42819, HD 74888, Gaia DR3 5300981338335530496. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42819
- Right ascension
- 8h 43m 30s
- Declination
- −61° 41′ 21″
- Magnitude
- 6.82
- Distance
- ≈ 785 ly
Data: gaia-dr3