How to see it
HIP 40542 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40542: right ascension 8h 16m 43s, declination −9° 3′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40542, HD 69437, Gaia DR3 3062496193844521472. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3062496193844521472
- HIP
- 40542
- HD
- 69437
- gaia_dr3
- 3062496193844521472
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 3062496193844521472
- HD 69437
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.13