How to see it
HIP 56426 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56426: right ascension 11h 34m 8s, declination +53° 46′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 56426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56426, HD 100469, Gaia DR3 841146981028431744. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 841146981028431744
- HIP
- 56426
- HD
- 100469
- gaia_dr3
- 841146981028431744
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 841146981028431744
- HD 100469
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.97