How to see it
HIP 79887 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79887: right ascension 16h 18m 23s, declination −73° 2′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 79887. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79887, HD 145619, Gaia DR3 5806372029841920512. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5806372029841920512
- HIP
- 79887
- HD
- 145619
- gaia_dr3
- 5806372029841920512
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.56