How to see it
HIP 74869 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 74869: right ascension 15h 18m 0s, declination −68° 34′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 74869. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 74869, HD 135196, Gaia DR3 5823437201917615104. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5823437201917615104
- HIP
- 74869
- HD
- 135196
- gaia_dr3
- 5823437201917615104
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5823437201917615104
- HD 135196
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.22