How to see it
HIP 5981 has a visual magnitude of about 10.23: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5981: right ascension 1h 16m 56s, declination +38° 27′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).
Catalog context
HIP 5981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5981, Gaia DR3 370038920341096832. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 370038920341096832
- HIP
- 5981
- gaia_dr3
- 370038920341096832
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 370038920341096832
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 10.23