Its story
HIP 40431 has a visual magnitude of about 7.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40431: right ascension 8h 15m 20s, declination +60° 1′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 40431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40431, HD 68376, Gaia DR3 1083804558713292032. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40431
- Right ascension
- 8h 15m 20s
- Declination
- +60° 01′ 01″
- Magnitude
- 7.03
- Distance
- ≈ 696 ly
Data: gaia-dr3