How to see it
HIP 16779 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16779: right ascension 3h 35m 57s, declination −5° 7′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Catalog context
HIP 16779. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16779, HD 22379, Gaia DR3 3247959139453146752. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3247959139453146752
- HIP
- 16779
- HD
- 22379
- gaia_dr3
- 3247959139453146752
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.18