Its story
Xi Men has a visual magnitude of about 5.60: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Xi Men: right ascension 4h 58m 51s, declination −82° 28′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Mensa constellation (IAU figure Men).
Xi Men. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23148, HD 34172, Gaia DR3 4621086228666064896. In the SkyKeepsake Mensa (Men) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 23148
- Right ascension
- 4h 58m 51s
- Declination
- −82° 28′ 14″
- Magnitude
- 5.60
- Distance
- ≈ 336 ly
Data: gaia-dr3