How to see it
HIP 78424 has a visual magnitude of about 7.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78424: right ascension 16h 0m 37s, declination +80° 37′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 78424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78424, HD 145742, Gaia DR3 1709042395604934400. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1709042395604934400
- HIP
- 78424
- HD
- 145742
- gaia_dr3
- 1709042395604934400
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1709042395604934400
- Gl 611.2
- HD 145742
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.28