How to see it
HIP 46862 has a visual magnitude of about 8.97: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46862: right ascension 9h 32m 57s, declination +8° 10′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).
Catalog context
HIP 46862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46862, Gaia DR3 587850833774278016. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 587850833774278016
- HIP
- 46862
- gaia_dr3
- 587850833774278016
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 587850833774278016
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.97