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Catalog/Virgo/HIP 63240

HIP 63240

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HIP 63240 has a visual magnitude of about 7.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 63240: right ascension 12h 57m 29s, declination −9° 45′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 63240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 63240, HD 112517, Gaia DR3 3626317548885023232. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 63240
Right ascension
12h 57m 29s
Declination
−9° 45′ 42″
Magnitude
7.17
Distance
≈ 293 ly
Data: gaia-dr3