How to see it
HIP 6864 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6864: right ascension 1h 28m 19s, declination +42° 46′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 6864. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6864, HD 8884, Gaia DR3 396424420566636928. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 396424420566636928
- HIP
- 6864
- HD
- 8884
- gaia_dr3
- 396424420566636928
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 396424420566636928
- HD 8884
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.72