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Catalog/Taurus/HIP 17240

HIP 17240

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HIP 17240 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 17240: right ascension 3h 41m 32s, declination +10° 4′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17240, HD 22965, Gaia DR3 12288352407192704. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 17240
Right ascension
3h 41m 32s
Declination
+10° 04′ 54″
Magnitude
6.87
Distance
≈ 581 ly
Data: gaia-dr3