How to see it
HIP 75956 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 75956: right ascension 15h 30m 48s, declination −53° 22′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Catalog context
HIP 75956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 75956, HD 137866, Gaia DR3 5888523346824340608. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5888523346824340608
- HIP
- 75956
- HD
- 137866
- gaia_dr3
- 5888523346824340608
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40