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HIP 8542

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HIP 8542 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8542: right ascension 1h 50m 8s, declination −12° 40′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8542, HD 11227, Gaia DR3 2459480109720606208. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 8542
Right ascension
1h 50m 08s
Declination
−12° 40′ 47″
Magnitude
8.04
Distance
≈ 1,032 ly
Data: gaia-dr3