How to see it
HIP 17976 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17976: right ascension 3h 50m 35s, declination −30° 41′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Catalog context
HIP 17976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17976, HD 24267, Gaia DR3 4887613585315809664. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4887613585315809664
- HIP
- 17976
- HD
- 24267
- gaia_dr3
- 4887613585315809664
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.46