HIP-42540 (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , HIP-42540 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 7° above the horizon.
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Name
HIP-42540
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h40m19s [4] |
| Declination: | −40°15'49" [4] |
| Constellation: | Vela |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.21 (V) [2] 5.18 (BT) [2] 5.21 (VT) [2] 5.19 (G) [4] 5.18 (BP) [4] 5.21 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 75.8 parsec 247.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.02 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 57.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 276.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.81 |
Sources