How to see it
HIP 40779 has a visual magnitude of about 8.52: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 40779: right ascension 8h 19m 24s, declination +28° 13′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
Catalog context
HIP 40779. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40779, Gaia DR3 683384826426841728. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 683384826426841728
- HIP
- 40779
- gaia_dr3
- 683384826426841728
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 683384826426841728
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.52