How to see it
HIP 56408 has a visual magnitude of about 9.06: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56408: right ascension 11h 33m 53s, declination +47° 49′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 56408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56408, Gaia DR3 785858829101736448. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 785858829101736448
- HIP
- 56408
- gaia_dr3
- 785858829101736448
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 785858829101736448
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 9.06