How to see it
HIP 13970 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13970: right ascension 2h 59m 55s, declination −13° 41′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Catalog context
HIP 13970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13970, HD 18690, Gaia DR3 5158985802512669824. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5158985802512669824
- HIP
- 13970
- HD
- 18690
- gaia_dr3
- 5158985802512669824
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.78