How to see it
HIP 40880 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40880: right ascension 8h 20m 29s, declination −6° 37′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40880, HD 70183, Gaia DR3 3063467444863855744. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3063467444863855744
- HIP
- 40880
- HD
- 70183
- gaia_dr3
- 3063467444863855744
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.43