How to see it
HIP 56340 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56340: right ascension 11h 32m 58s, declination +84° 42′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 56340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56340, HD 99884, Gaia DR3 1147180786896611072. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1147180786896611072
- HIP
- 56340
- HD
- 99884
- gaia_dr3
- 1147180786896611072
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1147180786896611072
- HD 99884
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.99