How to see it

HIP 12642 has a visual magnitude of about 11.19: it is very faint and needs a capable telescope (or deep imaging) to resolve.

Sky position

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12642: right ascension 2h 42m 26s, declination +18° 14′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

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Catalog context

HIP 12642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12642, Gaia DR3 82945061255798144. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

Catalog identifiers

Gaia

Gaia DR3 82945061255798144

HIP

12642

gaia_dr3

82945061255798144

Also known as

• Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 82945061255798144

Observed properties

Visual magnitude

11.19