How to see it
HIP 40512 has a visual magnitude of about 7.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40512: right ascension 8h 16m 15s, declination +9° 24′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
HIP 40512. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40512, HD 69222, Gaia DR3 600458491230059648. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 600458491230059648
- HIP
- 40512
- HD
- 69222
- gaia_dr3
- 600458491230059648
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 600458491230059648
- HD 69222
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.22