How to see it
HIP 56908 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56908: right ascension 11h 39m 57s, declination −33° 27′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Corvus constellation (IAU figure Crv).
Catalog context
HIP 56908. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56908, HD 101387, Gaia DR3 3477249370166290048. In the SkyKeepsake Corvus (Crv) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3477249370166290048
- HIP
- 56908
- HD
- 101387
- gaia_dr3
- 3477249370166290048
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.60