How to see it
HIP 48620 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48620: right ascension 9h 54m 52s, declination −86° 54′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).
Catalog context
HIP 48620. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48620, HD 88705, Gaia DR3 5189058545045762688. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5189058545045762688
- HIP
- 48620
- HD
- 88705
- gaia_dr3
- 5189058545045762688
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.82