How to see it
HIP 79856 has a visual magnitude of about 10.06: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79856: right ascension 16h 18m 3s, declination +77° 38′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
Catalog context
HIP 79856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79856, Gaia DR3 1704567245840239104. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 1704567245840239104
- HIP
- 79856
- gaia_dr3
- 1704567245840239104
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 1704567245840239104
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 10.06