How to see it
HIP 48981 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48981: right ascension 9h 59m 35s, declination +56° 28′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 48981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48981, HD 86335, Gaia DR3 1045255406165410944. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1045255406165410944
- HIP
- 48981
- HD
- 86335
- gaia_dr3
- 1045255406165410944
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1045255406165410944
- HD 86335
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.90