How to see it
HIP 496 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 496: right ascension 0h 5m 57s, declination +24° 34′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 496, HD 100, Gaia DR3 2849885829403256192. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 2849885829403256192
- HIP
- 496
- HD
- 100
- gaia_dr3
- 2849885829403256192
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.27