Its story
HIP 59851 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59851: right ascension 12h 16m 24s, declination −72° 36′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).
HIP 59851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59851, HD 106676, Gaia DR3 5842507750066978944. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 59851
- Right ascension
- 12h 16m 24s
- Declination
- −72° 36′ 52″
- Magnitude
- 6.21
- Distance
- ≈ 366 ly
Data: gaia-dr3