How to see it
HIP 78861 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78861: right ascension 16h 5m 53s, declination −62° 14′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
Catalog context
HIP 78861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78861, HD 143755, Gaia DR3 5829336670249376768. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 5829336670249376768
- HIP
- 78861
- HD
- 143755
- gaia_dr3
- 5829336670249376768
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 5829336670249376768
- HD 143755
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.44