Its story
HIP 78491 has a visual magnitude of about 5.91: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78491: right ascension 16h 1m 25s, declination −66° 50′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum Australe constellation (IAU figure TrA).
HIP 78491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78491, HD 142894, Gaia DR3 5822188882581051904. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum Australe (TrA) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 78491
- Right ascension
- 16h 01m 25s
- Declination
- −66° 50′ 55″
- Magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- ≈ 1,433 ly
Data: gaia-dr3