How to see it
HIP 68263 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 68263: right ascension 13h 58m 27s, declination −12° 3′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).
Catalog context
HIP 68263. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68263, HD 121865, Gaia DR3 3612683261103012608. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3612683261103012608
- HIP
- 68263
- HD
- 121865
- gaia_dr3
- 3612683261103012608
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.77