Its story
HIP 28142 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 28142: right ascension 5h 56m 51s, declination +16° 21′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).
HIP 28142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28142, HD 40005, Gaia DR3 3349600090272239616. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 28142
- Right ascension
- 5h 56m 51s
- Declination
- +16° 21′ 18″
- Magnitude
- 7.18
- Distance
- ≈ 1,997 ly
Data: gaia-dr3