Its story
Eta Cir has a visual magnitude of about 4.90: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Eta Cir: right ascension 15h 4m 48s, declination −64° 1′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).
Eta Cir. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73776, HD 132905, Gaia DR3 5873543394225295104. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 73776
- Right ascension
- 15h 04m 48s
- Declination
- −64° 01′ 53″
- Magnitude
- 4.90
- Distance
- ≈ 277 ly
Data: gaia-dr3