Its story
HIP 3042 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 3042: right ascension 0h 38m 41s, declination −73° 8′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).
HIP 3042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3042, HD 3719, Gaia DR3 4688892286148227712. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 3042
- Right ascension
- 0h 38m 41s
- Declination
- −73° 08′ 15″
- Magnitude
- 6.85
- Distance
- ≈ 375 ly
Data: gaia-dr3