How to see it
HIP 9840 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 9840: right ascension 2h 6m 36s, declination +27° 50′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).
Catalog context
HIP 9840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9840, HD 12861, Gaia DR3 107380715045929344. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 107380715045929344
- HIP
- 9840
- HD
- 12861
- gaia_dr3
- 107380715045929344
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 107380715045929344
- HD 12861
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.44