How to see it
HIP 78928 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78928: right ascension 16h 6m 45s, declination −64° 33′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 78928. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78928, HD 143853, Gaia DR3 5822858966204111360. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5822858966204111360
- HIP
- 78928
- HD
- 143853
- gaia_dr3
- 5822858966204111360
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.72