Its story
HIP 40992 has a visual magnitude of about 7.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40992: right ascension 8h 21m 56s, declination +56° 37′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 40992. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40992, HD 69893, Gaia DR3 1034757681460782208. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40992
- Right ascension
- 8h 21m 56s
- Declination
- +56° 37′ 27″
- Magnitude
- 7.92
- Distance
- ≈ 957 ly
Data: gaia-dr3