How to see it
HIP 41938 has a visual magnitude of about 6.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41938: right ascension 8h 32m 56s, declination −49° 9′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).
Catalog context
HIP 41938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41938, HD 72838, Gaia DR3 5323140101109547904. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5323140101109547904
- HIP
- 41938
- HD
- 72838
- gaia_dr3
- 5323140101109547904
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.47