How to see it
HIP 36340 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36340: right ascension 7h 28m 47s, declination +15° 6′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 36340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36340, HD 59059, Gaia DR3 3168367416864358528. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3168367416864358528
- HIP
- 36340
- HD
- 59059
- gaia_dr3
- 3168367416864358528
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.22