How to see it
HIP 45942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45942: right ascension 9h 22m 8s, declination +5° 34′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
HIP 45942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45942, HD 80823, Gaia DR3 585579964305553280. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 585579964305553280
- HIP
- 45942
- HD
- 80823
- gaia_dr3
- 585579964305553280
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 585579964305553280
- HD 80823
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.76