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HIP 42840

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HIP 42840 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42840: right ascension 8h 43m 46s, declination +22° 42′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42840, Gaia DR3 665325794617993856. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42840
Right ascension
8h 43m 46s
Declination
+22° 42′ 48″
Magnitude
8.42
Distance
≈ 1,260 ly
Data: gaia-dr3