How to see it
HIP 6438 has a visual magnitude of about 8.83: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6438: right ascension 1h 22m 42s, declination +42° 4′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 6438. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6438, Gaia DR3 372457163023739904. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 372457163023739904
- HIP
- 6438
- gaia_dr3
- 372457163023739904
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 372457163023739904
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.83