How to see it
HIP 40025 has a visual magnitude of about 6.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40025: right ascension 8h 10m 31s, declination −9° 36′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40025. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40025, HD 68083, Gaia DR3 3038472620690471168. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3038472620690471168
- HIP
- 40025
- HD
- 68083
- gaia_dr3
- 3038472620690471168
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.36