Its story
HIP 59046 has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59046: right ascension 12h 6m 20s, declination −68° 39′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).
HIP 59046. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59046, HD 105138, Gaia DR3 5859288741372181760. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 59046
- Right ascension
- 12h 06m 20s
- Declination
- −68° 39′ 05″
- Magnitude
- 5.87
- Distance
- ≈ 2,944 ly
Data: gaia-dr3