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Catalog/Triangulum/HIP 6240

HIP 6240

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HIP 6240 has a visual magnitude of about 8.67: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6240: right ascension 1h 20m 4s, declination +36° 37′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 6240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6240, HD 8009, Gaia DR3 321511188671273088. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 6240
Right ascension
1h 20m 04s
Declination
+36° 37′ 49″
Magnitude
8.67
Distance
≈ 208 ly
Data: gaia-dr3