Its story
HIP 49742 has a visual magnitude of about 7.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49742: right ascension 10h 9m 16s, declination −18° 8′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).
HIP 49742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49742, HD 88109, Gaia DR3 5672510200004560896. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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- Right ascension
- 10h 09m 16s
- Declination
- −18° 08′ 21″
- Magnitude
- 7.02
- Distance
- ≈ 507 ly
Data: gaia-dr3