How to see it
48Iot Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 48Iot Cnc: right ascension 8h 46m 40s, declination +28° 45′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
48Iot Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43100, HD 74738, Gaia DR3 705156256170201856. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 705156256170201856
- HIP
- 43100
- HD
- 74738
- gaia_dr3
- 705156256170201856
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 48Iot Cnc
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 705156256170201856
- HD 74738
- HIP 43100
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.57