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HIP 8980

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HIP 8980 has a visual magnitude of about 6.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8980: right ascension 1h 55m 43s, declination +59° 16′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8980, HD 11606, Gaia DR3 506352115651984896. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 8980
Right ascension
1h 55m 43s
Declination
+59° 16′ 24″
Magnitude
6.96
Distance
≈ 1,783 ly
Data: gaia-dr3