How to see it
HIP 76968 has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 76968: right ascension 15h 42m 58s, declination −58° 6′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Catalog context
HIP 76968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 76968, HD 139792, Gaia DR3 5882323574372973952. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5882323574372973952
- HIP
- 76968
- HD
- 139792
- gaia_dr3
- 5882323574372973952
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.48