How to see it
HIP 41688 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 41688: right ascension 8h 29m 55s, declination +0° 1′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
Catalog context
HIP 41688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 41688, HD 71926, Gaia DR3 3076859530849450240. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3076859530849450240
- HIP
- 41688
- HD
- 71926
- gaia_dr3
- 3076859530849450240
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.85