Its story
HIP 42754 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42754: right ascension 8h 42m 47s, declination −46° 48′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).
HIP 42754. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42754, HD 74558, Gaia DR3 5329801084301520768. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42754
- Right ascension
- 8h 42m 47s
- Declination
- −46° 48′ 25″
- Magnitude
- 6.85
- Distance
- ≈ 267 ly
Data: gaia-dr3