How to see it
HIP 78603 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78603: right ascension 16h 2m 52s, declination −62° 32′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 78603. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78603, HD 143238, Gaia DR3 5832304320852586752. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5832304320852586752
- HIP
- 78603
- HD
- 143238
- gaia_dr3
- 5832304320852586752
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.24