Paloma
2MASS J05243042+4244506
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 17.1148 mag
- Right ascension
- 81.1269°
- Declination
- 42.7474°
- Designation
- 2MASS J05243042+4244506
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-04-19
- Name language
- Spanish
- Name origin (IAU)
- Paloma, The Dove/ Pigeon, was introduced by a research team in 2007 for this peculiar cataclysmic variable due to its proximity to an SNR that looks like a bird (name has been in SIMBAD already).
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- At magnitude 17.1 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination 42.7° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Paloma» comes from Spanish (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.