Its story
HIP 8742 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8742: right ascension 1h 52m 29s, declination +49° 47′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).
HIP 8742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8742, HD 11318, Gaia DR3 357806136225989888. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 8742
- Right ascension
- 1h 52m 29s
- Declination
- +49° 47′ 58″
- Magnitude
- 7.93
- Distance
- ≈ 613 ly
Data: gaia-dr3