How to see it
HIP 5942 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5942: right ascension 1h 16m 28s, declination +23° 35′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).
Catalog context
HIP 5942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5942, HD 7615, Gaia DR3 293131419168418048. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 293131419168418048
- HIP
- 5942
- HD
- 7615
- gaia_dr3
- 293131419168418048
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 293131419168418048
- HD 7615
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.68