How to see it
HIP 43438 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 43438: right ascension 8h 50m 50s, declination +78° 57′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 43438. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43438, HD 74110, Gaia DR3 1144004190427959552. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1144004190427959552
- HIP
- 43438
- HD
- 74110
- gaia_dr3
- 1144004190427959552
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1144004190427959552
- HD 74110
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.77