How to see it
HIP 56500 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56500: right ascension 11h 34m 59s, declination −4° 21′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).
Catalog context
HIP 56500. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56500, HD 100659, Gaia DR3 3786113696918255232. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3786113696918255232
- HIP
- 56500
- HD
- 100659
- gaia_dr3
- 3786113696918255232
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.12