Its story
HIP 12016 has a visual magnitude of about 5.78: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12016: right ascension 2h 34m 60s, declination −42° 6′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).
HIP 12016. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12016, HD 16240, Gaia DR3 4950176484130738816. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 12016
- Right ascension
- 2h 34m 60s
- Declination
- −42° 06′ 47″
- Magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- ≈ 924 ly
Data: gaia-dr3