Its story
HIP 40779 has a visual magnitude of about 8.52: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40779: right ascension 8h 19m 24s, declination +28° 13′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
HIP 40779. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40779, Gaia DR3 683384826426841728. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40779
- Right ascension
- 8h 19m 24s
- Declination
- +28° 13′ 40″
- Magnitude
- 8.52
- Distance
- ≈ 1,123 ly
Data: gaia-dr3