✦
SkyKeepsake

Gift a piece of the night sky.

LanguageEnglishItalian
Stars already dedicated 1Ready to dedicate 7000108Browse the journey
Map options3/5
3D

Loading

  • WASM engine
  • Stars
  • Constellations
  • Nebulae
  • Rendering
Zoom 0%

Center on Sun / planet · the wheel zooms where you point

Pinch to zoom · drag to look around · tap a star to dedicate it

Close
Catalog/Cancer/HIP 40278

HIP 40278

Available
Cancer
See on the map ↗

Its story

HIP 40278 has a visual magnitude of about 8.72: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40278: right ascension 8h 13m 31s, declination +28° 17′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40278, HD 68459, Gaia DR3 684277389351267584. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

This star is freePersonalise it and dedicate it. Claiming it is free; a donation is optional.
Compose this star
FactsHIP 40278
Right ascension
8h 13m 31s
Declination
+28° 17′ 31″
Magnitude
8.72
Distance
≈ 516 ly
Data: gaia-dr3