How to see it
HIP 2596 has a visual magnitude of about 8.72: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2596: right ascension 0h 32m 59s, declination +48° 39′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 2596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2596, Gaia DR3 390958782626146304. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 390958782626146304
- HIP
- 2596
- gaia_dr3
- 390958782626146304
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 390958782626146304
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.72