How to see it
HIP 74044 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74044: right ascension 15h 7m 56s, declination −61° 7′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Catalog context
HIP 74044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74044, HD 133557, Gaia DR3 5876157758064971136. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5876157758064971136
- HIP
- 74044
- HD
- 133557
- gaia_dr3
- 5876157758064971136
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.63