How to see it
HIP 80948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 80948: right ascension 16h 31m 45s, declination −64° 28′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 80948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 80948, HD 148359, Gaia DR3 5828246538791403904. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5828246538791403904
- HIP
- 80948
- HD
- 148359
- gaia_dr3
- 5828246538791403904
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.58