Its story
HIP 79042 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79042: right ascension 16h 8m 4s, declination −43° 49′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Norma constellation (IAU figure Nor).
HIP 79042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79042, HD 144478, Gaia DR3 5991768759972788224. In the SkyKeepsake Norma (Nor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 79042
- Right ascension
- 16h 08m 04s
- Declination
- −43° 49′ 44″
- Magnitude
- 8.45
- Distance
- ≈ 1,642 ly
Data: gaia-dr3