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HIP 42899

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HIP 42899 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42899: right ascension 8h 44m 31s, declination +5° 17′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42899. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42899, HD 74486, Gaia DR3 582554731076655744. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42899
Right ascension
8h 44m 31s
Declination
+5° 17′ 09″
Magnitude
6.87
Distance
≈ 380 ly
Data: gaia-dr3