How to see it
HIP 40559 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40559: right ascension 8h 16m 54s, declination +84° 3′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 40559. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40559, HD 65299, Gaia DR3 1149120256687442944. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1149120256687442944
- HIP
- 40559
- HD
- 65299
- gaia_dr3
- 1149120256687442944
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1149120256687442944
- HD 65299
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.44