How to see it
HIP 73440 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 73440: right ascension 15h 0m 26s, declination +71° 45′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 73440. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73440, HD 133621, Gaia DR3 1695571110421334144. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1695571110421334144
- HIP
- 73440
- HD
- 133621
- gaia_dr3
- 1695571110421334144
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.48