How to see it
HIP 6878 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6878: right ascension 1h 28m 34s, declination +42° 16′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 6878. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6878, HD 8907, Gaia DR3 396341196983414272. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 396341196983414272
- HIP
- 6878
- HD
- 8907
- gaia_dr3
- 396341196983414272
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 396341196983414272
- HD 8907
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.54