Its story
HIP 42690 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42690: right ascension 8h 42m 4s, declination −74° 36′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).
HIP 42690. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42690, HD 75134, Gaia DR3 5216798673659525120. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42690
- Right ascension
- 8h 42m 04s
- Declination
- −74° 36′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 7.40
- Distance
- ≈ 1,771 ly
Data: gaia-dr3