How to see it
HIP 6507 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 6507: right ascension 1h 23m 35s, declination −24° 21′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).
Catalog context
HIP 6507. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6507, HD 8487, Gaia DR3 5040532666073313664. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5040532666073313664
- HIP
- 6507
- HD
- 8487
- gaia_dr3
- 5040532666073313664
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.77