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Catalog/Circinus/HIP 68978

HIP 68978

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HIP 68978 has a visual magnitude of about 9.02: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68978: right ascension 14h 7m 19s, declination −59° 30′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 68978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68978, HD 123042, Gaia DR3 5867737938485301248. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 68978
Right ascension
14h 07m 19s
Declination
−59° 30′ 42″
Magnitude
9.02
Distance
≈ 2,170 ly
Data: gaia-dr3