How to see it
HIP 45255 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45255: right ascension 9h 13m 24s, declination +10° 18′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
HIP 45255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45255, HD 79264, Gaia DR3 591712838302113664. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 591712838302113664
- HIP
- 45255
- HD
- 79264
- gaia_dr3
- 591712838302113664
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 591712838302113664
- HD 79264
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.50