How to see it
HIP 17693 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 17693: right ascension 3h 47m 22s, declination −29° 28′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Catalog context
HIP 17693. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17693, HD 23869, Gaia DR3 4887950654349365632. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 4887950654349365632
- HIP
- 17693
- HD
- 23869
- gaia_dr3
- 4887950654349365632
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.63