How to see it
HIP 40763 has a visual magnitude of about 6.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40763: right ascension 8h 19m 14s, declination −7° 33′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40763. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40763, HD 69966, Gaia DR3 3063114948308422912. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3063114948308422912
- HIP
- 40763
- HD
- 69966
- gaia_dr3
- 3063114948308422912
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.10