How to see it
HIP 20506 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 20506: right ascension 4h 23m 40s, declination −27° 49′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Catalog context
HIP 20506. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20506, HD 27957, Gaia DR3 4892122613782006016. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4892122613782006016
- HIP
- 20506
- HD
- 27957
- gaia_dr3
- 4892122613782006016
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.40