How to see it
HIP 59984 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59984: right ascension 12h 18m 10s, declination −3° 56′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).
Catalog context
HIP 59984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59984, HD 106976, Gaia DR3 3597178978922038528. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3597178978922038528
- HIP
- 59984
- HD
- 106976
- gaia_dr3
- 3597178978922038528
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.49