How to see it
HIP 27937 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27937: right ascension 5h 54m 41s, declination −49° 37′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).
Catalog context
HIP 27937. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27937, HD 40200, Gaia DR3 4794319817540445696. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4794319817540445696
- HIP
- 27937
- HD
- 40200
- gaia_dr3
- 4794319817540445696
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.08