How to see it
HIP 39280 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39280: right ascension 8h 1m 56s, declination +4° 32′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 39280. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39280, HD 66050, Gaia DR3 3095252711117288576. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3095252711117288576
- HIP
- 39280
- HD
- 66050
- gaia_dr3
- 3095252711117288576
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.76