How to see it
HIP 73966 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 73966: right ascension 15h 6m 56s, declination −52° 1′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Catalog context
HIP 73966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73966, HD 133518, Gaia DR3 5900360581589586432. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5900360581589586432
- HIP
- 73966
- HD
- 133518
- gaia_dr3
- 5900360581589586432
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.36