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Catalog/Canis Minor/HIP 40271

HIP 40271

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HIP 40271 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 40271: right ascension 8h 13m 25s, declination −4° 3′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 40271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40271, HD 68707, Gaia DR3 3069304855174929920. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 40271
Right ascension
8h 13m 25s
Declination
−4° 03′ 53″
Magnitude
8.52
Distance
≈ 2,875 ly
Data: gaia-dr3