How to see it
HIP 73978 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 73978: right ascension 15h 7m 7s, declination −52° 54′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Catalog context
HIP 73978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73978, HD 133535, Gaia DR3 5887892605108417536. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5887892605108417536
- HIP
- 73978
- HD
- 133535
- gaia_dr3
- 5887892605108417536
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5887892605108417536
- HD 133535
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.31