How to see it
HIP 473 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 473: right ascension 0h 5m 42s, declination +45° 48′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 473. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 473, HD 38, Gaia DR3 386653851004022144. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 386653851004022144
- HIP
- 473
- HD
- 38
- gaia_dr3
- 386653851004022144
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 386653851004022144
- Gl 4A
- HD 38
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.25