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HIP 40960

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HIP 40960 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40960: right ascension 8h 21m 34s, declination +28° 49′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40960. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40960, HD 70178, Gaia DR3 707449322027985280. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 40960
Right ascension
8h 21m 34s
Declination
+28° 49′ 05″
Magnitude
8.00
Distance
≈ 1,177 ly
Data: gaia-dr3