How to see it
HIP 42700 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42700: right ascension 8h 42m 9s, declination −3° 2′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 42700. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42700, HD 74157, Gaia DR3 3072098542422002304. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3072098542422002304
- HIP
- 42700
- HD
- 74157
- gaia_dr3
- 3072098542422002304
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.07