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HIP 8990

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HIP 8990 has a visual magnitude of about 7.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8990: right ascension 1h 55m 50s, declination −29° 6′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 8990. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8990, HD 11854, Gaia DR3 5023909390291262464. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 8990
Right ascension
1h 55m 50s
Declination
−29° 06′ 50″
Magnitude
7.08
Distance
≈ 738 ly
Data: gaia-dr3