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Catalog/Cancer/HIP 42938

HIP 42938

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HIP 42938 has a visual magnitude of about 8.82: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42938: right ascension 8h 45m 10s, declination +29° 40′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 42938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42938, HD 74464, Gaia DR3 706102763881714560. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 42938
Right ascension
8h 45m 10s
Declination
+29° 40′ 10″
Magnitude
8.82
Distance
≈ 315 ly
Data: gaia-dr3