How to see it
HIP 559 has a visual magnitude of about 8.99: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 559: right ascension 0h 6m 48s, declination +44° 36′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 559. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 559, HD 186, Gaia DR3 386310528498286208. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 386310528498286208
- HIP
- 559
- HD
- 186
- gaia_dr3
- 386310528498286208
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 386310528498286208
- HD 186
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.99