Its story
HIP 41873 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41873: right ascension 8h 32m 17s, declination +15° 19′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
HIP 41873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41873, HD 72240, Gaia DR3 651871105188311424. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 41873
- Right ascension
- 8h 32m 17s
- Declination
- +15° 19′ 53″
- Magnitude
- 8.16
- Distance
- ≈ 1,650 ly
Data: gaia-dr3