Its story
HIP 42580 has a visual magnitude of about 7.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42580: right ascension 8h 40m 44s, declination +38° 9′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 42580. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42580, HD 73615, Gaia DR3 910575604108882816. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42580
- Right ascension
- 8h 40m 44s
- Declination
- +38° 09′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 7.38
- Distance
- ≈ 1,395 ly
Data: gaia-dr3