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HIP 42480

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HIP 42480 has a visual magnitude of about 7.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42480: right ascension 8h 39m 40s, declination +16° 8′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42480, HD 73578, Gaia DR3 657797885178422016. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42480
Right ascension
8h 39m 40s
Declination
+16° 08′ 29″
Magnitude
7.28
Distance
≈ 993 ly
Data: gaia-dr3