Its story
Chi1For has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for Chi1For: right ascension 3h 25m 56s, declination −35° 55′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).
Chi1For. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15987, HD 21423, Gaia DR3 4860808694421129600. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 15987
- Right ascension
- 3h 25m 56s
- Declination
- −35° 55′ 15″
- Magnitude
- 6.38
- Distance
- ≈ 339 ly
Data: gaia-dr3