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Catalog/Vela/HIP 42720

HIP 42720

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HIP 42720 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42720: right ascension 8h 42m 23s, declination −46° 34′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42720. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42720, HD 74454, Gaia DR3 5329820153956017152. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42720
Right ascension
8h 42m 23s
Declination
−46° 34′ 46″
Magnitude
7.87
Distance
≈ 955 ly
Data: gaia-dr3