Its story
HIP 99942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 99942: right ascension 20h 16m 39s, declination +28° 31′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Vulpecula constellation (IAU figure Vul).
HIP 99942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 99942, HD 192953, Gaia DR3 1837123989745602560. In the SkyKeepsake Vulpecula (Vul) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 99942
- Right ascension
- 20h 16m 39s
- Declination
- +28° 31′ 22″
- Magnitude
- 7.19
- Distance
- ≈ 848 ly
Data: gaia-dr3