How to see it
HIP 59463 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 59463: right ascension 12h 11m 48s, declination +77° 26′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 59463. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59463, HD 106053, Gaia DR3 1693246944702925696. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1693246944702925696
- HIP
- 59463
- HD
- 106053
- gaia_dr3
- 1693246944702925696
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.78