Its story
59 Ori has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 59 Ori: right ascension 5h 58m 24s, declination +1° 50′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).
59 Ori. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 28271, HD 40372, Gaia DR3 3315169399041560832. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 28271
- Right ascension
- 5h 58m 24s
- Declination
- +1° 50′ 13″
- Magnitude
- 5.87
- Distance
- ≈ 348 ly
Data: gaia-dr3