How to see it
HIP 27986 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27986: right ascension 5h 55m 7s, declination −9° 48′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).
Catalog context
HIP 27986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27986, HD 39888, Gaia DR3 3011341935053682688. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3011341935053682688
- HIP
- 27986
- HD
- 39888
- gaia_dr3
- 3011341935053682688
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 3011341935053682688
- HD 39888
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.24