How to see it
HIP 94978 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 94978: right ascension 19h 19m 38s, declination +81° 47′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 94978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 94978, HD 184311, Gaia DR3 2295648444776621696. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 2295648444776621696
- HIP
- 94978
- HD
- 184311
- gaia_dr3
- 2295648444776621696
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.77