Its story
HIP 42429 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42429: right ascension 8h 39m 8s, declination +51° 28′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
HIP 42429. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42429, HD 73158, Gaia DR3 1027812581903813376. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42429
- Right ascension
- 8h 39m 08s
- Declination
- +51° 28′ 41″
- Magnitude
- 8.22
- Distance
- ≈ 952 ly
Data: gaia-dr3