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Catalog/Cancer/HIP 40209

HIP 40209

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HIP 40209 has a visual magnitude of about 8.99: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40209: right ascension 8h 12m 44s, declination +29° 32′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 40209. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40209, HD 68253, Gaia DR3 876663714866326784. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 40209
Right ascension
8h 12m 44s
Declination
+29° 32′ 31″
Magnitude
8.99
Distance
≈ 973 ly
Data: gaia-dr3