How to see it
HIP 74942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74942: right ascension 15h 18m 50s, declination +74° 51′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 74942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74942, HD 137292, Gaia DR3 1700787331022187008. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1700787331022187008
- HIP
- 74942
- HD
- 137292
- gaia_dr3
- 1700787331022187008
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1700787331022187008
- HD 137292
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.33