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HIP 42868

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HIP 42868 has a visual magnitude of about 7.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42868: right ascension 8h 44m 10s, declination −47° 6′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42868, HD 74773, Gaia DR3 5329735628997282816. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42868
Right ascension
8h 44m 10s
Declination
−47° 06′ 58″
Magnitude
7.20
Distance
≈ 2,223 ly
Data: gaia-dr3