How to see it
HIP 74421 has a visual magnitude of about 6.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74421: right ascension 15h 12m 34s, declination −72° 46′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).
Catalog context
HIP 74421. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74421, HD 133981, Gaia DR3 5795134814851010304. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5795134814851010304
- HIP
- 74421
- HD
- 133981
- gaia_dr3
- 5795134814851010304
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.00