Its story
HIP 47979 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47979: right ascension 9h 46m 47s, declination +18° 6′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).
HIP 47979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47979, HD 84606, Gaia DR3 621149204119097088. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 47979
- Right ascension
- 9h 46m 47s
- Declination
- +18° 06′ 56″
- Magnitude
- 8.43
- Distance
- ≈ 490 ly
Data: gaia-dr3